Praesel v. Johnson

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, HECHT, SPECTOR, BAKER, ABBOTT, and HANKINSON, Justices, join., We must decide in this case whether a physician owes a duty to third parties to warn an epileptic patient not to drive or to report the patient’s condition to state authorities that govern the issuance of drivers’ licenses. We conclude that we should not impose a duty that is owed to third parties and accordingly reverse the judgment of the court of appeals in part and render judgment that the plaintiffs take nothing.

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Ronald Peterson, an epileptic, suffered a grand mal seizure while…