BROWN v. ST. MARY'S HEALTH CENTER

No. 49938.

713 S.W.2d 15 (1986)

Warren BROWN, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. ST. MARY'S HEALTH CENTER, Defendant/Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

June 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrance L. Farris, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Kemper Coffelt, Arthur Walther, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


CRANDALL, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff, Warren Brown, brought a wrongful death action against defendant, St. Mary's Health Center, for the death of his son, Steven Brown, who committed suicide while confined in defendant's psychiatric ward. He appeals from a judgment entered in favor of defendant pursuant to a jury verdict. We affirm.

Steven Brown (decedent) was admitted to defendant's psychiatric ward on May 29, 1978. At that time, he was twenty-five years...

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