Legal Opinion
Hopper v. Callahan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 20, 1990PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
On December 1, 1984, while held in seclusion at the Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center (Fuller), Nancy E. Hopper (Hopper) died of a ruptured fallopian tube due to an ectopic pregnancy. On the previous day, Hopper had been involuntarily admitted to Fuller, a mental health facility operated by the Department of Mental Health.
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