Semler v. Psychiatric Institute

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

These appeals arise from a negligence action brought by Helen Semler against Psychiatric Institute of Washington, D.C., Psychiatric Institute of America, Professional Associates of the Psychiatric Institute of Washington, D.C., and Ralph W. Wadeson, Jr., M.D.1 Jurisdiction rests on diversity of citizenship. Mrs. Semler seeks recovery for the death of her daughter Natalia, who was killed by John Steven Gilreath, a Virginia probationer who had been a patient at the Institute. The original defendants filed a third party complaint against Paul Folliard, Gilreath’s probation…