CHRITE v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 81-73844.

564 F.Supp. 341 (1983)

Warner CHRITE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Catherine Chrite, deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

May 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey N. Shillman, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiff.

Geneva Halliday, Asst. U.S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

COHN, District Judge.

I.

Plaintiff brings this case under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., for damages occasioned by the negligence of a Veterans Administration hospital in releasing a mental patient at the hospital by the name of Henry Oswald Smith (Smith) who six months later murdered his mother-in-law, Catherine Chrite (Chrite).

The FTCA makes the United States liable ".....

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