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MABEN v. RANKIN

Docket No. L.A. 25948.

55 Cal.2d 139 (1961)

358 P.2d 681

10 Cal. Rptr. 353

DORIS ASKEW MABEN, Respondent, v. J.H. RANKIN et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 10, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Callaway, Kirtland & Packard and Henry E. Kappler for Appellants.

Pat A. McCormick and Floyd H. Norris for Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment of $78,000 for false imprisonment and assault and battery against Dr. J.H. Rankin, a psychiatrist, and the Beverly Hills Medical Clinic, a partnership of physicians of which Dr. Rankin was a member.

The evidence established without conflict that Dr. Rankin caused plaintiff to be taken, without her consent, to the psychiatric ward of St. John's Hospital, a private institution, and to be detained there while he gave...

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