Massachusetts Jury Finds For Defense In Suit Over Teen’s Time In Psychiatric Unit

(February 25, 2020, 11:31 AM EST) -- BOSTON — A Massachusetts jury on Feb. 21 found in favor of a Boston hospital and several health care providers in an action brought by parents who alleged that the defendants isolated their teenage daughter in a locked psychiatric unit for nine months, terminated their ability to make medical decisions for her and ignored her mitochondrial disorder diagnosis (Justina Pelletier, et al. v. Jurriaan M. Peters, et al., No. 2016-0474D, Mass. Super., Suffolk Co.)....

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