Pinkney v. Union

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• Evidence of patient’s mental illness sufficient to show not chargeable with contributory negligence in action for damages sustained when plaintiff jumped out of window while trying to escape
• mentally disabled plaintiff who sustained injuries when she fell from a window during an escape attempt should be held to subjective standard that measures the degree to which he or she can exercise the duty of self-care
• mentally disabled plaintiff who sustained injuries when she fell from a window during an escape attempt should be held to subjective standard that measures the degree to which he or she can exercise the duty of self-care
• a plaintiff with mental illness or mental disability should be held to exercise his or her own faculties; with the present state of medical knowledge \it is possible and practical to evaluate the degrees of mental acuity and correlate them with legal responsibility\
• a plaintiff with mental illness or mental disability should be held to exercise his or her own faculties; with the present state of medical knowledge \it is possible and practical to evaluate the degrees of mental acuity and correlate them with legal responsibility\
• plaintiff, a patient in a state mental hospital

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