Selected Cases
1987 - Shoemaker vs. St. Joseph Hospital, Tacoma, WA. Suicide in a general hospital unit. Plaintiff attorney: Robert D. Reinhard, Tacoma, WA. Deposition July 1987.
1989 - Adams vs. Sacred Heart Hospital, Spokane, WA. Defense attorney: Patrick E. Connelly, Spokane.
1995 - Neal vs. Pine Crest Hospital et al, Coeur d'Alene, ID. Suicide in a psychiatric hospital. Plaintiff attorney: Andrew Schwam, Moscow, ID.
1998 - Beck vs. Harrison Memorial Hospital, Bremerton, WA. Suicide while on pass from a psychiatric unit of a general hospital. Defense attorney: Donna Moniz, Seattle.
1999 - Covello vs. Point to Point Trucking Company. Plaintiff personal injury attorney: Christopher Howard, Seattle.
1999 - Manza vs. St. Francis Hospital, Federal Way, WA. Suicide in a general hospital. Defense attorney: Jeffrey R. Johnson, Seattle.
1999 - Elook vs. State of Alaska. Suicide in state institution. Standard of care question. Defense: Alaska Attorney General, Anchorage.
1999 - Estate of Michael Gordon vs. St. Peter's Hospital, Olympia, WA. Plaintiff attorney: Ben F. Barcus, Tacoma.
2000 - Burnett vs. Skagit Valley Hospital et al and Mark Backlund, M.D. Defense attorney: Donna Moniz, Seattle. Suicide after discharge from hospital following suicide attempt. Deposition March, 2000, and trial testimony, April 5, 2000.
2000 - Tadesse vs. Reyes and Calaway Trucking Company, Seattle, WA. Plaintiff attorney: Richard Bersin, Seattle. Trial March 6, 2001.
2000 - Estate of Helen Violette Petrie, deceased vs. Camlucare Center, Kerrville, TX. Overdose in assisted living facility. Defense attorney: Ann Comerio, San Antonio, TX.
2001 - Cole-Tan vs. Kitsap Mental Health Services, Bremerton, WA. Suicide in a county mental health facility. Defense attorney: Thomas V. Harris, Seattle.
2001 - Regarding: Estate of Ervin Kelley. Plaintiff attorney, Lincoln Miller, Poulsbo, WA. (Testamentary capacity question.) Deposition and trial testimony June 2001.
2002 - Washington State Licensing Board vs. Washington Medical Practitioner. Standard of care case. Defense attorney: Donna Moniz, Seattle.
2002 - Whatcom County, WA, Public Defender Douglas Hyldahl. Criminal responsibility case. Question of diminished capacity by acute mental illness in a case of arson. Bellingham, WA.
2002 - Brown vs. State of Alaska. Suicide in an Alaska correctional institution. Defense: Alaska Attorney General, Anchorage.
2003 - State of Washington vs. Jeffery Moses. Homicide case with question of suicide of the victim. Defense attorney: John Henry Browne, Seattle. Testimony at pre-trial hearing October 16, 2003.
2003 - Joyner vs. Puget Behavioral Health, Tacoma, WA. Death in psychiatric hospital - standard of care case. Plaintiff attorney: Thaddeus P. Martin, Tacoma, WA.
2003 - State of California vs. Seti Scanlan. Defendant in a death penalty case in California. Defense attorney: Mr. Cliff Cretan, San Mateo, CA.
2004 - Several cases from Christopher Jennings, Pierce County, WA, Department of Assigned Counsel, Tacoma, WA. Cases regarding involuntary medication in committed patients at Western State Hospital, Steilacoom, WA.
2004 - Suicide in an Alaska correctional institution. Defendant: State of Alaska, Alaska Attorney General's office.
2005 - Estate of William P. Brust. Will contest, competency question. Plaintiff attorneys: Karen Bertram and Kristine Anderson, Seattle.
2005 - Glens Falls vs. Grimmett. Defense attorney: Arthur D. Leritz, Seattle.
2005 - J.A.A. vs. Archdiocese of Seattle. Complaint against priest. Suicide question. Defense attorney: Duncan Fobes, Seattle.
2005 - Estate of Emma L. Rhodehamel. Question of capacity to excute estate planning documents. Defense attorney: Karen R. Bertram, Seattle.
2006 - Cottam Estate vs. Harrison Hospital. Plaintiff expert in a standard of care case against a Washington State hospital regarding suicide of a patient on an involuntary psychiatric unit. Plaintiff attorney: Fletcher Taylor, Port Angeles, Washington.
2006 - Coyne vs. Gordon. Standard of care suit against Washington physician. Plaintiff attorney: Arlan Cohen, Pasadena, CA.
2007 - Fenton vs. Shannon. Standard of care suit against WA physician. Defense attorney: Dennis Fluegge, Yakima, WA.
2007 State vs. Samolyuk. Mitigating factors in homicide case, with recent severe closed head injury in defendant. Testimony at trial. Defense attorney: Kevin L. Holt, Richland, WA.
2008 State vs. Chang H. Yi. Homicide case in person with Brief Psychotic Disorder. Mitigating factors presented to judge at sentencing hearing after guilty plea. Defense attorney: Young Han, Seattle, WA.
2008 State vs. Clarence Simpson. Paranoid Schizophrenia as a mitigating factor in a case of robbery, presented to judge at sentencing. Defense attorney: John Hicks, Seattle, WA.
2008 Kreusch vs Mansour. State of Maryland case regarding suicide of a young man after release from a hospital emergency room. Defense attorney: Roxanne Ward, Annapolis, MD.