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STATE v. WASHINGTON HOSPITAL

[No. 74, September Term, 1960.]

223 Md. 554 (1960)

165 A.2d 764

STATE, USE OF SHOCKEY, ETC. v. WASHINGTON SANITARIUM AND HOSPITAL

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided December 8, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

June L. Green for the appellant.

J. Roy Thompson, Jr., for the appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and HENDERSON, HAMMOND, PRESCOTT and HORNEY, JJ.

HENDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the defendant for costs after the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant at the close of the defendant's case. The action was brought against the defendant, Washington Sanitarium and Hospital, upon the theory that it was guilty of negligence in failing to prevent the suicide of a patient.

The decedent, a...

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