"Patient Flees Psychiatric Hospital and Commits Suicide: $5 Million Verdict"

The claim was defendant hospital was negligent in permitting the escape from the hospital and for not searching in a way that would have prevented the suicide.

Case: Arthur Jones, estate of Lee Forbes Jones, deceased v. West Oaks Hospital Inc.; Harris County (Texas) Probate Court. [Mental Health Law News, July 1998, p.6]