Raye Dinnerstein, of the Estate of Howard Dinnerstein v. United States

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This action arose out of the suicide of plaintiff’s husband while a patient at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Haven, Connecticut. 1 The only question on appeal is the validity of the district court’s finding that the hospital officials and staff were negligent in permitting Mr. Dinnerstein’s death. Both parties agree that under the Tort Claims Act, Connecticut law applies, and that under that law the proper standard of care is that standard which other hospitals in the area have and afford similar patients. The parties disagree, however, as to…