Murray v. St. Mary's Hospital

Action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, who jumped from the window of a room of defendant hospital while suffering from postpartum psychosis following the delivery of a child. The patient’s private physician and special nurse were in the room with her until a few minutes before the occurrence, when at the doctor’s direction the nurse left to make a telephone call requested by the patient; and the suicide took place while the doctor either went into the hall or stood in the doorway with his back to the patient, to ascertain if the nurse had made the call. There was…