Taylor v. Smith

In this case, we are faced with the prospect of expanding a physician's duty to third-party nonpatients as a result of a physician's treatment of his patient. The majority opinion has cited cases from other jurisdictions doing so. There are also cases in other jurisdictions that have refused to do so:Rebollal v. Payne, 145 A.D.2d 617, 618, 536 N.Y.S.2d 147, 148 (1988) ("There is no duty on the part of the operator of a methadone clinic to control the travel activities of a methadone patient giving rise to liability for accidents to a third party. . . ."); Werner v. Varner, Stafford Seaman,…