Man's suicide in Massachusetts snow blamed on hospital staff

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A wrongful death lawsuit blames Beverly Hospital for the suicide of a man who seemingly wandered into the woods to die in...

October 7, 2023
4:20 AM

BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - A wrongful death lawsuit blames Beverly Hospital for the suicide of a man who seemingly wandered into the woods to die in the Massachusetts cold. The Estate of Daniel Alan Donovan sued the hospital, Lahey Behavioral Health and three health care workers on Sept. 21 in Suffolk County Superior Court. The complaint alleges they failed to recognize the risk of suicide by Donovan, a 47-year-old UPS employee who had told his mother on Jan. 21, 2022, that "his brain was broken.

John O'Brien