BOTTING v. DEPT. OF BEHAV. & DEV. SERVICES


838 A.2d 1168 (2003)

2003 ME 152

Tsula BOTTING v. DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: December 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen M. Bailey (orally), Augusta, for plaintiff.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Michelle M. Robert, Asst. Attorney General (orally), Katherine Greason, Asst. Attorney General, Augusta, for DBDS.

Christopher C. Taintor, Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC, Portland, for Spring Harbor Hospital.

Panel: CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, ALEXANDER, CALKINS, and LEVY, JJ.


DANA, J.

[¶ 1] Pursuant to M.R. Civ. P. 80C, Tsula Botting appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Atwood, J.) affirming the Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services's dismissal of her grievance. In her grievance, Botting alleged that she received inadequate care when she was a voluntary patient at the Aroostook Medical Center (TAMC) and that TAMC failed to obtain her informed consent before...

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