Tomlin v. McKenzie

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in sustaining a plea in bar asserting that a clinical social worker conducting court-referred family therapy was immune from liability for various claims of malpractice and defamation.

J. Warren Tomlin, individually and as next friend for his minor daughter, Alexandria A. Tomlin, and his wife, Carolyn D. Hope-Tomlin (collectively Tomlin) filed a three-count motion for judgment against Patsye D. McKenzie (McKenzie), a licensed clinical social worker, and Family Marital Guidance Clinic, now F.M.G.C., P.C., a professional corporation in…