Tennessee Civil Rights Legal Questions

The standard of care does not require that a doctor tell you about every possible consequence that you might incur as a result of a drug that you might get, only the most common and even that is very limited in what he must tell you. Since you claim that your body is "different" than most people, this adds even more difficulty in that he is not expected to know how your particular "different" body would react.... Read Answer

There is no legal issue here that you need the services of an attorney for. I assume that you went to the hospital voluntarily because you had psychiatric issues that you needed help for. When you go to  a hospital for psychiatric issues and a doctor determines that you might be a danger to yourself or others, the law gives the doctor to the authority to involuntarily commit you and provide short term psychiatric treatment until the danger has passed. This is what happened. I would not worry about the doctor. I hope that you are able to get treatment for whatever issues that you had in the first place that caused you to go to the hospital to seek medical help.... Read Answer

  Normally, a governmental entity has immunity pursuant to T.C.A. 29-20-205 which provides in pertinent part as follows: Immunity from suit of all governmental entities is removed for injury proximately caused by a negligent act or omission of any employee within the scope of his employment except if the injury arises out of:..(2) false imprisonment pursuant to a mittimus from a court..." However, I think that you might have a case if: (1) the arrest warrant should not have been issued against you but your brother; and (2) you would have to prove that the damages you suffered were directly caused by your arrest. You need to speak with an attorney.... Read Answer