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Legal Issues Relating To Electroconvulsive Therapy, H. Richard Beresford
Legal Issues Relating To Electroconvulsive Therapy, H. Richard Beresford
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
A survey of 54 psychiatric units disclosed that 49 (91%) were using electroconvulsive (ECT), principally for major depressive illnesses. During the five-year period 1964 to 1968, fractures and other complications of ECT were uncommon. Sudden death was reported in seven cases. During this period, none of the respondents or their affiliated physicians had been involved in lawsuits relating to the use of ECT. In general, suits for injuries occasioned by the use of ECT seem to be declining. Possible remaining problem areas are the performance of ECT without the prior consent of the patient; the failure to have facilities and …
Parental Immunity And Respondeat Superior, 1970
Parental Immunity And Respondeat Superior, 1970
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Merchants Liability In South Carolina For Injuries On The Premises--An Anachronism, John J. Mckay
Merchants Liability In South Carolina For Injuries On The Premises--An Anachronism, John J. Mckay
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Contributory Negligence Of Very Young Children, James B. Wilkens
Contributory Negligence Of Very Young Children, James B. Wilkens
Cleveland State Law Review
If in backing your car out of a driveway you look to only one side as you approach the sidewalk, and strike and injure a pedestrian approaching from the other side, who had been so engrossed in conversation with a companion as not to have cast even a glance up the driveway, your liability for his injuries might well depend upon his age. The standard of care required (in most circumstances) of normal adults (and corporations) for the protection of themselves and of others is that they take such care as ordinary prudent persons would take in the circumstances. Little, …
Wife's Action For Loss Of Consortium, Fred Weisman
Wife's Action For Loss Of Consortium, Fred Weisman
Cleveland State Law Review
The recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling in Clouston v. Remlinger Oldsmobile Cadillac Inc. reversed a rule which had existed in Ohio for over fifty years. Ohio has now been added to the growing list of states which allow to a wife an action for damages for loss of consortium arising from negligent injury to her husband.