Legal Opinion

Carole Kuligoski, Individually and On Behalf of Michael J. Kuligoski, and Mark Kuligoski and James Kuligoski v. Brattleboro Retreat and Northeast Kingdom Human Services

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided September 16, 2016No. 2014-396PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*335Dooley, J.

¶ 1. This case arises out of the assault of Michael Kuligoski by a former Brattleboro Retreat patient, E.R., after the patient was discharged from the Retreat, a mental health treatment facility, and while he was undergoing outpatient treatment with Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS). Plaintiff Carole Kuligoski, individually and on behalf of Michael, Mark Kuligoski, and James Kuligoski (collectively plaintiffs), filed suit in Windham Superior Court against defendants Brattleboro Retreat and NKHS, raising claims of failure to warn of E.R.’s danger to others, failure to train…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Tarasoff v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
  2. Johnson v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
  3. Thompson v. County of AlamedaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Schuster v. AltenbergWisconsin Supreme Court · 1988
  5. McIntosh v. MilanoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1979

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