Legal Opinion
Estate of Burks v. Ross
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1971No. 20261PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an order of the District Court granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants, in an action for damages for wrongful death of plaintiff’s decedent, against nine members of the staff of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the decedent had been confined as a mental patient in a locked ward. It was alleged that the Director and Administrator of the hospital, Dr. Leon Ross, the Director of Neuropsychi-atry, Dr. Rosalie Ging, nurses J. Treado, R. Rosendall, J. Stigail and C. Dozauer, and psychiatric nurses’ assistants…
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