What are some examples of wrongful death actions brought by the heirs of a patient who committed suicide in a psychiatric hospital?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kockelman v. Segal, 61 Cal.App.4th 491, 71 Cal.Rptr.2d 552 (Cal. App. 1998):
Vistica v. Presbyterian Hospital (1967) 67 Cal.2d 465, 62 Cal.Rptr. 577, 432 P.2d 193 was a wrongful death action brought by the heirs of a woman who committed suicide in the psychiatric ward of a hospital. The decedent was known to have strong suicidal tendencies and the hospital staff was on notice to take suicide precautions. On one occasion in the hospital she was found to have piled up
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