Legal Opinion
Coburn v. Sievert
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 10, 2005No. F045914PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAWSON, J.
Defendant Dwight W. Sievert, M.D. (Sievert) is the psychiatrist who treated and released plaintiff Edward Cobum early from an involuntary 72-hour detention imposed under Welfare and Institutions Code 1 section 5150. The day after his early release, Edward Cobum had a violent outburst on an airplane with his father Stephen P. Cobum. Claiming negligent treatment and premature release, Edward Cobum and Stephen Cobum 2 sued Sievert for damages arising from the acts Cobum committed on the airplane.
Sievert was granted summary judgment on the ground that, under section 5154…
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