NAMI Legal Letter

New: NAMI Legal Letter, Spring 2001 (Vol. 2, No. 2)
In Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format

• Introduction
• The Supplemental/Special Needs Trust
• On the Basis of Unwarranted Assumptions: Mistreatment of Individuals with Mental Illnesses in Massachusetts
• Supreme Court Limits Rights Under ADA

CASENOTES:
• Arkansas Court of Appeals Reverses and Remands Summary Judgment Decision in Favor of Insurer in Long-term Disability Case
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Dispenses with Requirement that Mother with Mental Illness Provide Parental Consent for Adoption of Daughter
• Connecticut State Court Denies Defense's Motion for Summary Judgment in Duty-to-Warn Case
• Court Finds School Board Violated IDEA by Failing to Provide Student with Autism with Free Appropriate Public Education

NAMI Legal Letter, Summer 2000 (Vol. 1, No. 2)

• Introduction
• The Tragedy of Custody Relinquishment
• The Disenfranchisement of Persons with Mental Illness
  CASENOTES:
  
• Class Action Settled in Alabama after 30 years
• Olmstead Decision Applied in Pennsylvania Settlement
• Indiana Supreme Court Orders Instructions on Consequences of Insanity Verdict
• Court Rules Against County Seeking Reimbursement for Support Costs of Child in Residential Facility
• Failure to Seek Medical Care for Life Threatening Condition Justifies Involuntary Commitment, Minnesota Court Holds

• Introduction
• Weston Case Raises Legal Questions Over Forced Medication
• Supreme Court Recognizes ADA Right to Community Placement
• Supreme Court Decisions Could Limit ADA Protections
• Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Services for Student with Disability
  CASENOTES:
  
• Supreme Court Decisions Could Limit ADA Protections
• Therapists' Duty to Warn Endorsed By Pennsylvania High Court
• Illinois Court Holds That Suicide Can Be Raised As Contributory Negligence Defense in Wrongful Death Suits Against Physicians
• Insurance Company Ruled in Violation of ADA
• Indefinite Leave Not a "Reasonable Accommodation" Under ADA

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