Don Drake v. Jana M. Williams, M.D.

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE February 5, 2008 Session DON DRAKE ET AL. v. JANA M. WILLIAMS, M.D., ET AL. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Davidson County No. 05C-2513 Hamilton V. Gayden, Jr., Judge No. M2007-00979-COA-R3-CV - Filed April 25, 2008 The parents of a young man who committed suicide after being discharged from a psychiatric hospital sued the hospital and the treating psychiatrist for wrongful death. The trial court granted the defendants’ motions for summary judgment on the basis that the decedent’s act of suicide was an intervening, superseding cause. We…