SUPERINTENDENT OF BOURNEWOOD HOSP. v. PETERS


1986 Mass. App. Div. 1 (1986)

Superintendent of Bournewood Hospital vs. Robert Peters

Massachusetts Appellate Division, Southern District.

January 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Martin for the plaintiff.

David Engle for the defendant.

Present: Black, P.J., Shubow & Dolan, JJ.


Black, P.J.

This is an appeal from a civil commitment under the provisions of G.L.c. 123, §§ 7 and 8.

It appears that a hearing was held July 16, 1985 on a petition of the Superintendent of the Bournewood Hospital for the commitment of the appellant, Robert Peters, to that facility as a mentally ill person requiring hospitalization due to the likelihood of serious harm to himself and/or others. It is alleged that during the course of the hearing...

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