Hospital Not Liable For Murder By Released Psychiatric Patient, Massachusetts High Court Says

Mealey's (August 20, 2018, 7:50 PM EDT) -- BOSTON — A hospital did not owe any duty of care to a woman who was stabbed to death by a neighbor who had been recently released from involuntary psychiatric commitment, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Aug. 14, because his treating physician, not the hospital, made the decision to release him (Cynthia Williams, et al. v. Steward Health Care System LLC, et al., No. 12451, Mass. Sup. Jud., 2018 Mass. LEXIS 554)....