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NAIDU v. LAIRD

539 A.2d 1064 (1988)

Venkataramana NAIDU, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. Ann D. LAIRD, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: April 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Foster, State Sol., John J. Polk (argued) and Ann Woolfolk, Deputy Attys. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, for appellant.

Richard D. Allen (argued) and Jeffrey S. Welch, of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for appellee.

Robert J. Katzenstein of Lassen, Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, and Joseph N. Onek and Rebecca L. Brown of Onek, Klein & Farr, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for Delaware Psychiatric Ass'n and the Nat. Ass'n of State Mental Health Program Directors, amici curiae.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., HORSEY, J., and JACOBS, Vice Chancellor [sitting by designation pursuant to Del. Const. art. IV, § 12].

CHRISTIE, Chief Justice:

This case stems from a wrongful death action brought by the plaintiff/appellee, Ann D. Laird, against defendant/appellant Venkataramana Naidu (Dr. Naidu) and defendants Robert W. Buckley (Dr. Buckley) and Chong H. Un (Dr. Un) who were psychiatrists employed at the Delaware State Hospital (DSH).1 On September 6, 1977, Mrs. Laird's husband, George W. Laird, was killed when...

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