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STRYKER v. QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER

No. 5866.

587 P.2d 1229 (1978)

Betty S. STRYKER, Individually, and Betty Keuscher, Temporary Administratrix of the Estate of Stephen Christopher Stryker, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary N. Hagerman, Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Dennis E.W. O'Connor, Honolulu (Anthony, Hoddick, Reinwald & O'Connor, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.

RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

Stephen Stryker, a 21-year old psychiatric patient at Queen's Medical Center, fell or jumped to his death from the Pauahi Wing of Queen's. Thereafter, plaintiffs-appellants, Betty Stryker, decedent's mother, and Betty Keuscher, temporary administratrix of decedent's estate, brought a consolidated survival and wrongful death action1 against Queen's, claiming failure to provide adequate psychiatric care, improper...

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