Brown v. St. Mary's Health Center

CRANDALL, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff, Warren Brown, brought a wrongful death action against defendant, St. Mary’s Health Center, for the death of his son, Steven Brown, who committed suicide while confined in defendant’s psychiatric ward. He appeals from a judgment entered in favor of defendant pursuant to a jury verdict. We affirm.

Steven Brown (decedent) was admitted to defendant’s psychiatric ward on May 29, 1978. At that time, he was twenty-five years of age and had an extensive history of mental illness and of recurrent hospitalizations. On June 25, he inflicted superficial cuts to his…