Bellah v. Greenson

Opinion

ROUSE, J. —

Plaintiffs appeal from an order sustaining defendant’s demurrer without leave to amend. For reasons set forth herein, including an explanation contained in footnote 1, we amend that order and affirm the judgment of dismissal.

Plaintiffs, Melanie and Robert Bellah, are the heirs of Thomasin (Tammy) Bellah, their daughter, who succumbed to a self-inflicted overdose of pills on April 12, 1973. Tammy had been under the care of defendant, Daniel Greenson, a psychiatrist in Berkeley, for an unspecified period of time prior to her death. It appears that, during that time, defendant…