Georgia Appeals Court Upholds Claims Against Hospital For Releasing Suicidal Patient

(July 9, 2019, 11:31 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The Georgia Court of Appeals on June 28 affirmed a lower court’s ruling rejecting health care providers’ arguments that they were immune from liability under a state mental health law for discharging a suicidal patient who jumped off a third-floor balcony less than 12 hours later (Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority, et al. v. Denise Hickson, No. A19A0215, Ga. App., 2019 Ga. App. LEXIS 427)....

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