BROWN v. ST. PAUL MERCURY INS. CO.

No. 87-38.

732 S.W.2d 130 (1987)

292 Ark. 558

Glenda BROWN, Sam Brown, Tawana Brown Etue, Teresa Brown and Troy Brown, Surviving Spouse and Next of Kin of Roy Dewayne Brown, Deceased, Appellants, v. ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE CO., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson & Hashem by Hani W. Hashem, Monticello, for appellants.

Bridges, Young, Matthews, Holmes & Drake by R.T. Beard, III, Pine Bluff, for appellee.


HOLT, Chief Justice.

Roy Dewayne Brown was a patient at the White House Alcoholism Treatment Center when he walked out of an unlocked door onto the roof of the building and either fell or jumped to his death on April 11, 1983. Nearly three years later, his surviving spouse and other next of kin, appellants, filed suit against the center's insurer, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co., appellee. The trial court found that Brown...

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