Estate of Maudsley v. Meta Services, Inc.

OPINION

NORRIS, Judge.

¶ 1 This appeal arises from summary judgment dismissing negligence and wrongful death claims filed by the Estate of Timothy Maudsley against the operators of a psychiatric care facility, Meta Services, Inc. and Va-lueOptions, Inc., and two psychiatrists employed by ValueOptions, Carlos Andarsio, M.D., and Bill Sbiliris, M.D. The Estate argues the superior court should not have granted summary judgment to defendants because, contrary to its ruling, defendants owed a duty of reasonable care to Maudsley, who was mentally ill. We agree with the Estate. First, defendants owed…