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Report: Ex-student sues Syracuse University, St. Joe's for involuntary psych hold
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For the second time this year, Syracuse University and St. Joseph's Hospital are being sued by a former student claiming they were held against their will in a psychiatric ward.
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A former Syracuse University student who claims he was involuntarily confined to the St. Joseph’s Hospital psychiatric ward is now suing the university and the hospital, making him the second student to come forward with such allegations.
Andrew Smith, a Seattle resident, claims he was held against his will in St. Joseph’s psychiatric ward for six days in March 2013. He is now suing the hospital, SU and a university employee, arguing he’s suffered mental and physical damage due to improper medical treatment, administering unnecessary and harmful medication and failure to obtain informed consent, among other reasons, according to a lawsuit filed recently in New York County Supreme Court.
A similar case was filed by a former SU student against the hospital and the university last spring. Kaitlyn Taylor, a Union County, New Jersey resident, sued both parties after she visited Health Services and was then confined to St. Joseph’s mental ward for six days, according to her lawsuit.
SU denied all wrongdoing in regards to Taylor’s allegations, saying it didn’t “act inappropriately in any way.”
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