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PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE OF WASHINGTON v. ALLEN

No. 84-114.

509 A.2d 619 (1986)

PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. James T. ALLEN and Bonita K. Allen, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Durbin, with whom Edward J. Lopata, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant.

W. David Allen, with whom Allen T. Eaton and Richard L. Swick, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees.

Before MACK, BELSON and TERRY, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

On August 12, 1981, thirteen-year-old Daniel Allen was admitted to the Psychiatric Institute of Washington ("the Institute"), a private psychiatric hospital. One month later, on September 12, an Institute employee walked into Daniel's room and found him lying on the floor unconscious, with a belt around his neck. Efforts to revive him were unavailing. He was taken to Georgetown University Hospital, where he died without regaining consciousness...

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