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Court Weighs Hospital's Liability For Depressed Patient's Suicide

New Jersey Law Journal

January 31, 2013

The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether hospitals and doctors have a special duty of care to ensure that mentally ill patients do not harm or kill themselves — even those who have exhibited no prior signs.

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