Dimitrijevic v. Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital

This was a wrongful death action brought by the Administratrix of the Estate of Dimitrije Dimitrijevic in which plaintiff sought to prove that malpractice on the part of the defendant doctors and negligence on the part of defendant hospital were responsible for the suicide of her intestate. From the direction of verdicts in favor of all the defendants at the close of her evidence, plaintiff appeals. On appeal she contends:

1. That the evidence established a prima facie case of malpractice against defendant doctors;

2. That the evidence established a prima facie case of negligence against…