The patient was a schizophrenic who was supposed to be restrained during the incident.
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It sounds like a man willing to gouge out his own eyes does need quite a bit of help. 2.2 million seems like a hell of a lot.
Is anyone arguing that he was not competent to determine whether or not his eyes should have been gouged out?
This post is most misleading.
“The D.C. Attorney General’s Office has included the bill in an ongoing lawsuit, which was filed in 2004 by Janice Motley, Harris’ legal guardian, over his treatment at the District’s mental hospital. The D.C. government is now arguing that any award won in the suit, which seeks more than $10 million in damages, should be offset by the $2.2 million hospital bill, says Joseph Cammarata, Motley’s attorney.”
As taxpayer money must be used to defend the suit, the bill is an appropriate way to protect taxpayer dollars should the plaintiff prevail. Pretty smart if you ask me and every D.C. taxpayer should applaude this action.
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