M. W. Ex Rel. H. W. v. Jewish Hospital Ass'n of St. Louis

CRANDALL, Judge.

This is a suit by appellant, by and through her guardian, against respondent for actual and punitive damages. The trial court directed a verdict on the punitive damage count and submitted the ease to the jury on the issue of actual damages only. Respondent received a verdict in its favor. Judgment was entered in accordance with the jury verdict, appellant’s motion for new trial was overruled, and this appeal ensued. We affirm.

There was evidence adduced in this case, some of which was disputed, that M. W. was a teenage female diagnosed as a schizophrenic. She was admitted to…