Decedent was a patient at Pilgrim State Hospital where he was diagnosed as a schizophrenic, chronic undifferentiated type. On May 6, 1969, he left the hospital grounds and died after apparently either falling or jumping from a bridge over the Southern State Parkway and being struck by several cars. In the present action, claimant alleges that decedent's death was caused by the negligent supervision which he received at the hospital, but the court found no merit to this contention...
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