Legal Opinion
McDonald v. Toledo Mental Health Ctr.
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided April 19, 1990No. Case 89AP-582Published
1Opinion of the CourtKerns, J.
On April 18, 1986, Lillie Mae McDonald was murdered by her son Ronald McDonald while he was on a fourteen-day pass from the defendant, Toledo Mental Health Center, and on April 18, 1988, another son, Lawrence McDonald, commenced this wrongful death action in the Court of Claims alleging that the death of his mother was due to the negligence of the mental health facility.
After hearing substantial evidence as to the conversations, happenings, and events which occurred prior to the murder, including testimony that Lillie McDonald lived in constant fear of her son Ronald who was a…
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