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WILKINS v. LAMOILLE CTY. MENTAL HLTH. SERV.

No. 03-552.

889 A.2d 245 (2005)

2005 VT 121

Sheryl R. WILKINS v. LAMOILLE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. and Copley Hospital.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Dumont of Law Office of James A. Dumont, P.C., Bristol, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John D. Monahan, Jr. and Angela R. Clark of Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., Burlington, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present: DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and REIBER, JJ., and GIBSON, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.

¶ 1. JOHNSON, J.

This appeal arises out of the suicide of twenty-two-year-old Melissa Issler, whose estate filed this action against Lamoille County Mental Health Services, Inc. (hereafter "defendant") alleging that defendant's negligence in treating Ms. Issler's suicidal condition was the cause of her death. The estate (hereafter "plaintiff") appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendant. Although we do so on slightly different grounds, we affirm the...

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