Mark W. Tanner of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig. Courtesy photo Mark Tanner, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig
In 2021, trial attorney Tanner secured a ruling by the Pennsylvania Superior Court that sets the stage for a new way of thinking about suicide-liability cases. In Estate of Henry v. Colangelo, No. 1579 M.D.A. 2020 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2021), the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed an order overruling preliminary objections by Nicholas Colangelo, an unqualified layperson who undertook to act as a qualified mental health professional, leading to his "patient's" death by suicide. The opinion suggests that theories of either professional negligence or ordinary negligence may apply. The opinion also clarifies that liability may be imposed when a "professional's" actions foreseeably lead to suicide, effectively limiting the impact of the 1989 Superior Court decision in McPeake v. Cannon.Power Players 2022: Mark Tanner
In 2021, trial attorney Mark Tanner secured a ruling by the Pennsylvania Superior Court that sets the stage for a new way of thinking about suicide-liability cases. In Estate of Henry v. Colangelo, No. 1579 M.D.A. 2020 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2021), the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed an order overruling preliminary objections by Nicholas Colangelo, an unqualified layperson who undertook to act as a qualified mental health professional, leading to his "patient's" death by suicide.
June 19, 2022 at 11:41 AM
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Mark W. Tanner of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig. Courtesy photo
Mark Tanner, Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig
In 2021, trial attorney Tanner secured a ruling by the Pennsylvania Superior Court that sets the stage for a new way of thinking about suicide-liability cases. In Estate of Henry v. Colangelo, No. 1579 M.D.A. 2020 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2021), the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed an order overruling preliminary objections by Nicholas Colangelo, an unqualified layperson who undertook to act as a qualified mental health professional, leading to his "patient's" death by suicide. The opinion suggests that theories of either professional negligence or ordinary negligence may apply. The opinion also clarifies that liability may be imposed when a "professional's" actions foreseeably lead to suicide, effectively limiting the impact of the 1989 Superior Court decision in McPeake v. Cannon.
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