Fredericks v. Jonsson

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

James and Brooke Fredericks and their daughters, E.F. and S.F., (collectively the Plaintiffs) sued Dr. Mary Margaret Jonsson, a licensed psychologist, for failing to warn them of the danger posed by Troy Wellington. Wellington had attempted to break into the Plaintiffs’ home a few days after Dr. Jonsson had evaluated him for the Colorado probation department. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Dr. Jonsson, ruling that Colorado’s mental-health-professional liability statute, Colo.Rev.Stat. § 13-21-117 (Section 117), protected Dr. Jonsson from the…