Thompson v. Patton

The question addressed in Part I of the main opinion is whether a jury reasonably could understand Dr. Nathan Strahl’s testimony to mean that it was probable that Peggy Sue Ellis, the decedent, would commit suicide if released from the hospital when she was. I believe they could, especially when that testimony is considered as a whole. Nonetheless, as discussed at the end of this writing, I do not believe Dr. Strahl’s testimony addressed precisely the *1143right question in relation to the issue of proximate causation, and I therefore concur in the result.

The main opinion focuses in particular on…