July 23, 2019-FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS MEDIATION IN GREYSTONE PSYCHIATRIC LAWSUIT

Plaintiffs allege conditions at Morris County hospital are dangerous for staffers and patients alike

A federal judge has ordered New Jersey officials to enter mediation with attorneys for patients and staff at Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital who claim in a lawsuit that conditions there are dangerous and potentially deadly.

In issuing her order Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas, rejected a bid for an injunction that would have forced the state to make immediate changes at the Morris County facility. Instead, Salas, sitting in Newark, called on the parties to meet with former Judge Barbara Byrd Wecker, a certified court mediator, in an effort to work out their differences within the next three months. Read more