Legal Opinion
Brooks v. Augusta Mental Health Institute
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided April 22, 1992PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLASSMAN, Justice.
Plaintiff Constance Brooks, individually and as the personal representative of the estate of Cheryl Williams, deceased, appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Chandler, J) contending that the trial court erroneously dismissed her complaint against the defendants, the State of Maine, the Augusta Mental Health Institute (AMHI), the Commissioner of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and three AMHI employees. We affirm the judgment.
Cheryl Williams, a voluntary patient at AMHI, died as a result of injuries received from jumping out the exit…
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