HUSTED v. ECHOLS


919 S.W.2d 43 (1995)

June R. HUSTED, mother and next-of-kin of Todd E. Husted, Deceased, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Everett ECHOLS, III, M.D., Defendant/Appellee, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied March 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Johnston, Nashville, for appellant.

Lawrence E. Levine and Jill A. Hanson, Levine, Mattson, Orr & Geracioti, Nashville, for appellee.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 18, 1996.

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge (Middle Section).

This is a suit for wrongful death by suicide allegedly resulting from negligence of the defendant, a psychiatrist. After a jury could not agree upon a verdict, the Trial Judge directed a verdict and dismissed the suit. Plaintiff has appealed and presented a single issue as follows:

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