Pending Litigation (Paperback)

Charity McLaughlin is a well-respected, 32-year-old trial lawyer with a stormy past and a secret. institutions twice. Her condition causes her deep distress, and she must live with the fear that she could spiral into mania at any time. Through determination and treatment she maintains a semblance of normalcy in her life, and excellence in her law practice. husband recently died under mysterious circumstances in the mental ward of Good Hope Memorial Hospital, while undergoing treatment for manic depression. Mrs. Elledge asks Charity to pursue a possible medical malpractice case against the hospital. widow. In spite of her concerns that the facts surrounding the case are personally disturbing to her, Charity takes the case and becomes deeply involved in its investigation. She is shocked to uncover not only malpractice, but murder. What she does not realize is that in pursuing the case she is not only risking her sanity, but very likely her life as well.