Fogg v. Paoli Memorial Hospital

DEL SOLE, Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment entered in favor of Appellee in the amount of $442,000 in accordance with a jury verdict, and following the denial of post-trial motions. Appel lant, Paoli Memorial Hospital, makes a number of claims on appeal, each of which we find to be without merit. Accordingly, we affirm.

The tragic facts which underlie this matter were carefully summarized by the trial court:

On April 21, 1985, the Plaintiff-Decedent, Edward H. Fogg, a man with a history of psychiatric problems, was alone in his parent’s home when he began experiencing mental distress.…