Brown v. State

Appeal from a judgment in favor of claimant, entered April 23, 1975, upon a decision of the Court of Claims. Decedent, aged 35, was transferred to Creedmore State Hospital during the afternoon of July 3, 1970. He died the next day around 9:00 a.m. This claim is for alleged wrongful death due to negligence on the part of the State in failing, among other things, to properly supervise decedent after administering a certain tranquilizer drug. The record reveals that prior to admission decedent had been acting withdrawn and aggressive. After spending the night at Creedmore he was awakened around…