OPINION ISSUED NOVEMBER 19, 1985

DOROTHY WORRELL, SERVING AS NEXT FRIEND FOR JOHN WORRELL, HER
NATURAL SON
VS.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

(CC-85-49)

Claimant appeared in person.
Robert D. Pollitt, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

PER CURIAM:

This claim was originally filed in the name of John Worrell, but when
the testimony established
that John worrell was seventeen years of age, the Court amended the
style of the claim to
include the name of Dorothy Worrell, his mother, as next friend for John
Worrell.

John Worrell was confined to Lakin State Hospital on January 1, 1984.
He had with him
articles of clothing and cassette tapes which were stored in a locked
storage area at the hospital.
Worrell sanctioned the storage of the aforementioned items by his
signature on a Lakin Hospital
Personal Possession Inventory Form. This form states the following:

"I authorize storage of the following items during my residency at
Adolescent Services and
understand that the facility is not responsible for any damage and/or
loss of my personal
property."

Worrell eloped from the hospital in May, 1984, and he did not return
until December 19,
1984, when he came to recover his personal possessions. Robert Schacht,
a social worker at
Lakin Hospital, testified that some of John's clothing and 48 cassette
tapes and plastic containers
are missing. By his own testimony, John admitted that neither he nor his
parents had contacted
the hospital regarding his personal possessions in the interim between
May and December, 1984.

The Court is of the opinion that the bailment agreement signed by
worrell specifically absolved
the Lakin facility of liability. Accordingly, the Court disallows the
claim.

Claim disallowed.

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