CARLEY, Judge.
The instant wrongful death action raises an issue of apparent first impression in this state — whether appellant, a private mental health hospital, may be held civilly liable for the murder of appellees' mother by appellees' father, a patient in appellant's facility.
The relevant facts are as follows: Appellant admits patients only on a "voluntary" basis. In other words, patients of appellant's private facility "have to sign themselves...
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