Indiana Mental Health Providers Face Suit on Killing by Patient

An Indiana man’s medical malpractice suit against his mental healthcare providers will go to trial, because it isn’t barred by his conviction for killing his grandfather, a state appeals court said.

Indiana public policy prohibiting a convicted person from imposing liability for his crime on others doesn’t apply in a civil case when the person wasn’t responsible for his criminal actions, the Indiana Court of Appeals said.

The court reversed summary judgment for Laxeshkumar Patel and other providers who treated Zachary Miller for mental health issues in the months before he killed his grandfather. It sent the case back to ...