context: The VA's tragic decision to expel Mr. DeJesus "[w]ithout a doubt ... [took] someone who [was] already in crisis and ... compounded] that crisis many fold because ... now that [the VA was] throwing him out of the sanctuary where he [had] been for over a year." (1.140). Thus, the VAMC's multiple breaches and its insistence that Mr. DeJesus be discharged without an evaluation, detainment, or involuntary commitment substantially caused the death of Alejandro DeJesus, Jr., Felicia DeJesus, Mark Faulk, and Aaron Faulk.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: causation established when hospital "prematurely" discharged mental patient who shot another some six weeks after discharge
citation_a.sentence: See Sherk v. County of Dauphin, 531 Pa. 515, 614 A.2d 226, 232 (1992) (causation established when hospital “prematurely” discharged mental patient who shot another some six weeks after discharge); see also Goryeb v. Commonwealth, Dep’t of Public Welfare, 525 Pa. 70, 78, 575 A.2d 545 (Pa.1990) (causation established when hospital improperly discharged a mutual patient who shot three people a week after his discharge); Ford v. Jeffries, 474 Pa. 588, 379 A.2d 111, 115 (1977).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: causation established when hospital improperly discharged a mutual patient who shot three people a week after his discharge
citation_b.sentence: See Sherk v. County of Dauphin, 531 Pa. 515, 614 A.2d 226, 232 (1992) (causation established when hospital “prematurely” discharged mental patient who shot another some six weeks after discharge); see also Goryeb v. Commonwealth, Dep’t of Public Welfare, 525 Pa. 70, 78, 575 A.2d 545 (Pa.1990) (causation established when hospital improperly discharged a mutual patient who shot three people a week after his discharge); Ford v. Jeffries, 474 Pa. 588, 379 A.2d 111, 115 (1977).