RUSSELL v. MERCY CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER

No. 2220 May term, 1983.

8 Pa. D. & C. 4th 257 (1990)

Russell v. Mercy Catholic Medical Center

Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

December 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis S. Fine, for plaintiffs.

Jonathan Kirk Miller, for defendants Mercy Catholic Medical Center and Michael Silver, M.D.

J. Kurt Straub, for defendants West Philadelphia Community Mental Health Consortium Inc. and Michael Silver, M.D.


HILL, J., December 6, 1990.

On the morning of June 27, 1981, Michael Silver, M.D., a psychiatrist, evaluated plaintiff Sandalio Russell at the facilities of the West Philadelphia Community Mental Health Consortium. Mr. Russell had been brought there at the request of his family who wanted him involuntarily committed pursuant to section 302 of the Mental Health Procedures Act, 50 P.S. §7302, which provides for involuntary emergency examination and treatment...

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