Crise v. Maryland General Hospital, Inc.

EYLER, DEBORAH S., J.

Richard Crise, the appellant, was a patient in the Emergency Room (“ER”) at Maryland General Hospital (“MGH”), the appellee, on December 31, 2008. He suffered from numerous mental illnesses and before that day had been admitted to MGH for psychiatric treatment at least four times. He was examined by a nurse and an ER doctor, given a sedative, and was awaiting a psychiatric evaluation. Before the evaluation took place, he walked through the ER to a back door, and left the hospital. Clad only in a hospital gown, he walked in the cold weather in the direction of his house.…