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CLIFFORD v. MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER

Docket No. Ken-13-71.

91 A.3d 567 (2014)

2014 ME 60

Linda J. CLIFFORD v. MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: April 22, 2014.

Reargued: April 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher C. Taintor, Esq. (orally), Norman, Hanson & DeTroy, LLC, Portland, on the briefs, for appellant Scott Kemmerer.

Curtis Webber, Esq. (orally), and Patricia C. Shorey, Esq. , Linnell, Choate & Webber, Auburn, on the briefs, for appellee Linda J. Clifford.

Mark C. Joyce, Esq. , Disability Rights Center of Maine, Augusta, on the briefs, for amicus curiae Disability Rights Center of Maine.

Panel: ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, and CLIFFORD, JJ.

ALEXANDER, J.

[¶ 1] This case arises from three emails that Linda J. Clifford sent to the Governor's office in late September 2007. Those emails triggered a series of events that ultimately led to Clifford being detained overnight against her will in the psychiatric unit at MaineGeneral Medical Center (MaineGeneral) in Augusta.

[¶ 2] Scott Kemmerer, an emergency room physician, appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Marden...

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