Davis v. Lhim

In this wrongful death case, defendant appeals by right from the judgment entered for plaintiff upon a jury verdict.

In 1975, defendant, a staff psychiatrist at the Northville State Hospital, had under his care John Patterson, the son of plaintiff’s decedent, Mollie Barnes. Patterson had a long history of psychological disorder, having voluntarily signed himself into Northville on six occasions from 1972 to 1975 with complaints of insomnia, depression and hallucinations. Defendant first provided Patterson with psychiatric care from July 17, 1975, to August 4, 1975. Patterson returned to…