Beale v. Yale-New Haven Hospital

Opinion

McLACHLAN, J.

In this statutory negligence action, the plaintiff, Greg Beale, appeals from the judgment rendered by the trial court after it directed a verdict in favor of the defendant, Yale-New Haven Hospital. The sole issue on appeal is whether the court properly directed the verdict on the basis of the plaintiff s failure to establish that the defendant’s conduct proximately caused him any injury. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The plaintiff has a long history of mental illness marked by several psychiatric hospitalizations and various diagnoses, including schizoaffective…