Rape victims who get drunk on their own aren't "mentally incapacitated," Minnesota high court said. "Mentally incapacitated" applies when someone gets drunk without their consent, the court said.

When beginning the process of estate planning or learning about elder law, you will likely read about diminished capacity or the legal protections that may be needed if an individual is incapacitated.

The law is mostly clear about how to handle a president who falls seriously ill, but it's not hard to envision a legal scenario that spins out of control quickly. The key provision is the 25th ...

The Anti-Harassment (III.C.1) and Title IX Harassment (III.C.4) policies define incapacitation as: A mental state in which an individual cannot make rational decisions because they lack the capacity ...

Despite the challenge of decision making for unrepresented patients, few laws or professional organization policy statements offer a solution. Recommendations for how clinicians should handle patients ...

An airline pilot on a flight operating as American Eagle became incapacitated during a flight from Chicago and later died. [Shutterstock] An airline pilot died after becoming incapacitated during a ...

Of all the freedoms Anthony Flanagan lost during his eight years under state care, the right to vote was among the toughest. Flanagan, a quadriplegic who was deemed unable to care for himself because ...

A Delaware County man, his wife and his sister-in-law are accused of using a shell company and their local church to steal over $1 million from more than 100 incapacitated people they were appointed ...

In Michigan, the Estates and Protected Individuals Code (EPIC) authorizes the probate court to appoint a guardian for a person who is unable to make informed medical decisions, after the court takes ...

A lawyer for the family of an incapacitated Arizona woman who gave birth in a long-term care facility said she is not in a coma as previously reported. The Arizona Republic reported Friday that ...

This article by Judy Christie originally appeared on the Military Officers Association of American (MOAA) website. Taylor Kracht, 23, was born with a congenital malformation of the brain that has left ...

An off-duty pilot flying as a passenger helped take control of a Southwest jet after the captain was “incapacitated” by a medical emergency. Flight 6013 took off from Las Vegas just after 6:30 a.m.