Verdicts & Settlements
From the October 26, 1998 Michigan Lawyers Weekly

PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE ASSAULT

Injuries alleged: Rape and assault
Name of case: Doe v. Patel

Court/case no.: Monroe County Circuit Court, #94-2915 NO
Name of judge: Michael W. Labeau

Damages awarded: $377,627.93 (judgment); $33,075.04 (interest)

Date: May 7, 1998

Attorneys for the plaintiff: E. Powell Miller and Gerard Mantese

Attorney for the defendant: Withheld

Name/city of most helpful experts: Gerald A. Shiener, M.D.

Other useful information: The plaintiff contended that the defendant committed professional negligence by failing to order long-term hospitalization of an increasingly violent mental patient who had already assaulted two other children. The defendant's patient then attacked the plaintiff.

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