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GIVERTZ v. MAINE MEDICAL CENTER

459 A.2d 548 (1983)

Phyllis G. GIVERTZ, Adm'x, Estate of Patricia Carlson v. MAINE MEDICAL CENTER, et als.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided April 26, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dunlap & O'Brien, Mark E. Dunlap (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Weeks, Hutchins, Frye, Welch & O'Donnell, Roger A. Welch (orally), Waterville, for Mehrhof.

Hewes, Culley, Feehan & Beals, Philip M. Coffin, III (orally), Peter W. Culley, Martica Sawin, Portland, for Merrill.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A.R.J.

DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.

The plaintiff, Phyllis G. Givertz, was appointed administratrix of the Estate of Patricia Carlson on June 15, 1979. The plaintiff's intestate, Mrs. Carlson, on July 6, 1978, had committed suicide shortly after her admission on that same day to the Augusta Mental Health Institute on a voluntary readmission basis. Immediately prior thereto, Mrs. Carlson had been admitted to the Maine Medical Center emergency room in Portland as a result...

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