MERCER v. THOMAS B. FINAN CENTER

No. 9, Sept. Term, 2021.

265 A.3d 1044 (2021)

476 Md. 652

Jason MERCER v. THOMAS B. FINAN CENTER.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Miriam Sincell ( Cornelia Bright Gordon , Maryland Legal Aid, Cumberland, MD), on brief, for Petitioner

Argued by Musa Eubanks , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Morgan Clipp , Asst. Atty. Gen. and Brian E. Frosh , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore MD), on brief, for Respondent

Argued before Getty, C.J., McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Booth, Biran, Glenn T. Harrell, Jr. (Senior Judge, Specially Assigned), JJ.


Generally, we are able to decide what medication we want to take and what medication we do not want to take even if the medication is prescribed by a physician. A person who is confined at a mental health facility does not always have this choice. Md. Code. Ann., Health-Gen. (1982, 2019 Repl. Vol.) ("HG") § 10-708 sets forth procedures...

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