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MEIER v. ROSS GENERAL HOSPITAL

Docket No. S.F. 22607.

69 Cal.2d 420 (1968)

445 P.2d 519

71 Cal. Rptr. 903

ERIKA MEIER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ROSS GENERAL HOSPITAL et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 4, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Buresh and Buresh, Garety, Vallarino & Costamagna for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Spridgen, Moskowitz, Barrett & Achor, John H. Moskowitz, Bledsoe, Smith, Cathcart, Johnson & Rogers and Robert A. Seligson for Defendants and Respondents.

TOBRINER, J.

Plaintiffs, the widow and minor children of decedent Kurt Meier, brought this action against defendants Ross General Hospital and James M. Stubblebine, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of the decedent. While a patient in the psychiatric wing of the hospital and under the care and supervision of Dr. Stubblebine, decedent committed suicide by jumping head-first through an open window of his second floor room. Following a trial before a...

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