BENDA v. MISSOURI DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH

No. 57017.

786 S.W.2d 612 (1990)

Bernadine BENDA, by Judith M. REYNOLDS, her Guardian, Appellant, v. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, et al., Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

March 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale F. Myers, St. Louis, for appellant.

William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Mary Stewart Tansey, Lee B. Vardell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondents.


GRIMM, Judge.

Plaintiff's petition alleges that, while she was a patient at St. Louis State Hospital, she sustained injuries when she was "severely beaten and injured by another patient." The defendants include the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), St. Louis State Hospital, and the hospital's former superintendent, Milton T. Fujita. Also named as defendants are William Ebersol (the patient who allegedly injured...

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