MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL v. C.R.

SJC-12844.

484 Mass. 472 (2020)

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, v. C.R.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily Kanstroom Musgrave for the petitioner.

Karen Owen Talley , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the respondent.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Steven J. Schwartz , Robert Fleischner , Kathryn L. Rucker , Anna Krieger , Phillip Kassel , Jennifer Honig , & Tatum A. Pritchard for Center for Public Representation & others.

Lester D. Blumberg , Special Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey MacKenzie , & John DiPietrantonio for Department of Mental Health.

Matthew E. Sroczynski for Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association & others.

Thomas F. Schiavoni, pro se.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


After exhibiting signs of a mental illness at Logan Airport, C.R. was brought to the emergency department (ED) of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) by police pursuant to G. L. c. 123, § 12(a). She was detained at the ED for five days while an appropriate placement was sought for her in a psychiatric facility pursuant to...

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