White v. Harris

¶ 1. Plaintiffs appeal from a superior court order granting summary judgment to defendant Fletcher Alen Health Care, Inc. in this wrongful death action alleging medical malpractice. This case arises from the suicide of plaintiffs’ fourteen-year-old daughter. Plaintiffs sued defendant, which employed a psychiatrist who was briefly involved with decedent’s case through a telepsyehiatry research study. Plaintiffs argue that summary judgment was improperly granted on the issue of the duty owed to decedent by the psychiatrist. We agree, and thus reverse and remand for additional proceedings.

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