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· 4/10/1989

Cynthia Hall Urbach, George I. Urbach, Jr., Veronica Shadrock and the Estate of George I. Urbach, Sr., Deceased v. United States

Citations

  • 869 F.2d 829
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 4850
  • 1989 WL 25737

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  • holding that mental hospital was not proximate cause of patient’s death when it helped him arrange a furlough trip to Mexico City where he was later imprisoned and murdered by cellmates because cellmates' conduct was culpable and thus a superseding cause
  • Proximate cause found where mental patient was hit by train after escaping
  • torts foreseeable “because of prior experiences”

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Judges: Gee, Sneed, Williams

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