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CRUZE v. NATIONAL PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, INC.

No. B154191.

129 Cal.Rptr.2d 65 (2003)

105 Cal.App.4th 48

Theresa CRUZE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NATIONAL PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Jeffrey B. Bohrer, Jeffrey B. Bohrer, Valley Village, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Louis R. DeStefano for Defendant and Respondent.

BOREN, P.J.

Suffering from a terminal illness and from severe stress after losing her job, her apartment and her boyfriend, appellant Theresa Cruze visited her physician and began discussing the possibility of suicide. The physician and others initiated a 72hour psychiatric hold and evaluation under Welfare and Institutions Code section 51501 resulting in appellant's being held 17 hours in the facility operated by respondent Ingleside...

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