Kendrick v. Metropolitan Psychiatric Center, Inc.

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit against defendants for false imprisonment and for assault incident thereto. Upon the close of plaintiff’s presentation of evidence, the trial court granted defendants’ motion for directed verdict. We reverse.

The pertinent facts giving rise to plaintiffs action are as follows: Plaintiff, the mother of a voluntary patient at the Metropolitan Psychiatric Center, Inc. (“Center”) (an emergency receiving facility under Code Ann. § 88-404.1) went to the Center on March 28,1978, at approximately 5:00 p.m., in response to a phone call from defendant…