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An Undecided Compensation Claim Arising from the Suicide of a Voluntary Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

K. K. Drury  and
C. E. J. Freer
K. K. Drury
Affiliation:
Leicestershire and Rutland Mental Hospital
C. E. J. Freer
Affiliation:
Clerk to the Committee of the Hospital; Under-Sheriff and Deputy Clerk of the Peace for Leicestershire
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Extract

The case reported here concerns the suicide of a voluntary patient and a subsequent claim for damages for “negligence, breach of contract and warranty”, which, after many delays, was struck out of the Assize List on account of the non-appearance of the plaintiff.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 83 , Issue 345 , July 1937 , pp. 461 - 471
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1937 

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