Mental illness is a disease no one should be ashamed of. Clyde D. Bergstresser, Russell X. Pollock, Scott M. Heidorn, Kerry Paul Choi and Richard J. Zabbo have been protecting the rights of individuals with mental illnesses harmed by the conduct of negligent or abusive mental health care providers for several decades. Clyde Bergstresser served as trial counsel on the landmark case of Rogers v. Okin which established that a patient is presumed competent and has the right to make treatment decisions until the patient is adjudicated incompetent by a judge. If you believe that you or a member of your family has been the victim of psychiatric or psychotherapy malpractice, please contact Bergstresser & Pollock PC for a free consultation.
Here are some examples of cases the attorneys of Bergstresser & Pollock PC have successfully prosecuted in this field:
Successfully represented individuals and estates in actions for psychiatric and psychotherapy malpractice resulting in attempted or completed suicides.
Successfully represented individuals and estates in actions for psychiatric and psychotherapy malpractice resulting in boundary violations, physical and sexual abuse.
Successfully represented individuals and estates in actions for psychiatric and psychotherapy malpractice resulting in negligently prescribed medical therapies.
Successfully represented individuals and estates in actions for psychiatric and psychotherapy malpractice where psychotherapy was unsupervised and uncoordinated resulting in personal injuries to patient and family.
