Oh Perna, thank you for this information. I don't have a lawyer yet and most care professionals seem to think that these charges might be dropped, due to the ER not taking proper precautions knowing he was suicidal and coming from another ER to this one. I am really distressed and overwhelmed with all of it. The suicide attempt was a lot to take in, but now to be faced with the possibility of huge costs legally, and the prospect of formal charges against him going on his record. I just am barely coping. He is 20yrs old, and yes I am relieved he is alive; they won't give me an update medically or emotionally; i have been blacked out of any communication due to the police involvment.