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1. Mississippi Department of Mental Health v. HallSupreme Court of Mississippi (2006)
2. Acting as the attorney for MDMH, argue why they were not negligent. Plaintiffs acts were unforeseeable and thus they were not negligent. There had been few past injuries at the hospital.
3. Acting as the attorney for the Plaintiff, argue why the MDMH (defendant) breached its duty to care towards the Plaintiff and was thus negligent. A hospital is under a duty to exercise reasonable care to safeguard a patient from any reasonably apprehensible danger: to lock doors and to have safety screens on windows, and be aware of patients location. P should have been under special observation due to previous suicide attempt. There was insufficient observation and security that allowed the escape attempt to occur.