IL Appellate Court Holds that Mental Health Providers Can Be Liable for the Suicide of Outpatient Mental Health Clients

 The TortsProf Blog recently reported that the Illinois Appellate Court decided a case holding that a mental health professional can be liable for the suicide of an outpatient.  This is an interesting development because Illinois has decided in the past suicide is an unforeseeable intervening (and therefore superseding) cause as a matter of law.  I am interested in reading how the court distinguishes this case from those precedents.  The case is called O’Donnell v. Bailey & Assocs. Counseling, and you can search for it with this cite:  2023 IL App (1st) 221736.