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McNAMARA v. HONEYMAN

406 Mass. 43 (1989)

546 N.E.2d 139

LUCIETTE C. McNAMARA & another vs. DAVID HONEYMAN & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Miles (David C. Kuzmeski with him) for the plaintiffs.

Robert V. Deiana (Richard C. Van Nostrand & William S. Rogers, Jr., with him) for David Honeyman.

Vincent L. DiCianni, Special Assistant Attorney General (Robert J. Kilmartin, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the Commonwealth.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

NOLAN, J.

On December 17, 1980, twenty year old Karen McNamara hanged herself at Northampton State Hospital (hospital). She died almost three months later as a result of her injuries. The plaintiffs claimed, among other things, that Dr. David Honeyman, Karen's psychiatrist, was grossly negligent when he took Karen off round-the-clock, one-on-one observation and ordered that a staff member check on her every fifteen minutes...

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