MADDOX, Justice.
The question presented by these appeals is whether a private hospital can be liable for injuries caused by an unprovoked attack by a mental patient, who had been released from the hospital within 24 hours before the attack, on the ground that the hospital had assumed responsibility for the care, treatment, and control of the mental patient.
The plaintiff, Allen F. Morton, brought suit against Jackson Hospital and Clinic and Pendarvis Hunter...
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