bipolar disorder

2 opinions tagged “bipolar disorder”

January 26, 2026 Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three

Siam v. Superior Court 1/26/26 CA4/3

The Rule of Joel Praneet Siam is that when determining whether a defendant's symptoms would respond to treatment under Penal Code section 1001.36(c)(1), a trial court may not override a qualified mental health expert's opinion with its own lay opinion about treatment responsiveness, under circumstances where a licensed psychologist provides an uncontroverted expert opinion that the defendant's mental disorder symptoms would respond to treatment.

5/21/26 Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District, Division Five

Husband v. Target Corp. 5/21/26 CA2/5

The Rule of Daniel Husband v. Target Corporation is that an employer cannot be charged with knowledge of an employee's undisclosed mental disability based solely on two incidents of erratic and irrational behavior, under circumstances where the behavior admits of multiple reasonable interpretations other than mental disability.

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