PITTS v. MALCOLM BLISS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER

No. 36000.

521 S.W.2d 501 (1975)

Shirley Marie PITTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MALCOLM BLISS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER et al., Defendants-Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division Four.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied April 14, 1975.

Application to Transfer Denied May 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerritzen & Gerritzen, Ray A. Gerritzen, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., K. Preston Dean, II, Chief Counsel, Crim. Div., Michael L. Boicourt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for defendants-respondents.


NORWIN D. HOUSER, Special Judge.

This is an appeal by Shirley Marie Pitts from an order sustaining motions of defendants to dismiss her petition for wrongful death of her husband.

Appellant filed suit under § 508.010, RSMo 1969, V.A.M.S., against the State of Missouri, Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center, Dr. Kathleen Smith, Superintendent of the center, and Dr. Charles M. Rich. The salient allegations of the petition follow: On March 8, 1973 plaintiff...

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