Bruscato v. Gwinnett-Rockdale-Newton Community Service Board

Bernes, Judge.

Victor Bruscato attacked and killed his mother. In this wrongful death action, appellant Vito J. Bruscato, Victor’s father, seeks damages for the wrongful death of Mrs. Bruscato from appellee, Derek Johnson O’Brien, M.D., the psychiatrist who was treating Victor at the time of the attack. Bruscato alleges that Dr. O’Brien breached duties to protect Mrs. Bruscato from harm and to warn her of Victor’s potential dangerousness after he altered Victor’s medication regimen. Bruscato further claims that as a result of Dr. O’Brien’s breach of his duties, Mrs. Bruscato was stabbed to…