Boston Children’s Hospital found not negligent in Justina Pelletier civil trial
A Suffolk County jury on Thursday found that Boston Children’s Hospital did not commit medical malpractice in its treatment of Justina Pelletier, a Connecticut teenager who spent nearly a year in its child psychiatric ward after doctors told state authorities they suspected her parents of medical child abuse.
The state Department of Children and Families took custody of the girl within days of her arrival at Children’s in 2013 and minimized interactions, visitations and telephone conversations with her parents.
The jury reached its verdict after less than six hours, ending a five week-long trial that centered on whether Pelletier’s parents were unfairly barred from their daughter’s treatment and whether the effects of the separation were detrimental to Justina Pelletier, now 21.
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