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GORMLEY v. WOOD-EL

A-101/106 September Term 2011, 069717

93 A.3d 344 (2014)

218 N.J. 72

Lorraine GORMLEY, Plaintiff-Appellate and Cross-Respondent, v. LaTanya WOOD-EL, Chief Executive Officer, Ancora Psychiatric Hospital; Jennifer Velez, Current Commissioner and William Waldman, Former Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Human Services; Kevin Martone, Current Assistant Commissioner; and Alan G. Kaufman, Former Director, Division of Mental Health Services, Department of Human Services, Defendants-Respondents and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 30, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin T. Loughry, Moorestown, argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent (Loughry and Lindsay, attorneys; Mr. Loughry and Lawrence W. Lindsay, on the briefs).

Michael C. Walters, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondents and cross-appellants (John H. Hoffman, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Lewis A. Scheindlin, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Mr. Walters and Randall B. Weaver, Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).

Justice ALBIN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Lorraine Gormley was assigned to provide legal representation to an involuntarily committed patient at a state-run psychiatric hospital. To prepare for an upcoming commitment hearing, at the direction of hospital officials, Gormley met with her client in the hospital's unsupervised day room, a place where psychotic patients milled about and where violence frequently erupted. During the meeting, Gormley's mentally disturbed...

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