Suit Against State and CVH Dismissed

LITCHFIELD, Conn. (AP) _ A Connecticut judge has dismissed allegations in a lawsuit alleging that a mentally ill woman was traumatized in a state psychiatric hospital while confined to an all-male ward for patients found not guilty of violent crimes by reason of insanity.Judge Carl Schuman in Litchfield issued a verdict in favor of the state Feb. 17 after a trial with no jury.
Kim Woolfolk sued the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown,