Lange v. United States

JAMES T. FOLEY, District Judge.

This action under the Federal Tort Claims Act arises from an unfortunate occurrence that took place on December 28, 1954, at the Veterans’ Administration Hospital, Albany, New York. On that date, Stanley Lange, the twenty-two year old son of the plaintiff Administratrix, jumped from a sixth floor window at the hospital to his instantaneous death. He had been admitted only a few days previous, on December 22, 1954, to the Neuro Psychiatric Service of such government hospital suffering from an acute mental disorder. There was little contest at the trial and none…