Muzingo v. St. Luke's Hospital

The plaintiff, Terri Muzingo, appeals from a judgment of the district court dismissing her petition against defendants, Dr. Allen Whitters and St. Luke’s Hospital, for damages sustained after her husband, Glenn Muzingo, put a bomb in her vehicle that exploded while she was in it. At issue is whether court-appointed psychiatrists and hospitals, requested by the district court to render an opinion regarding a patient’s mental health, are entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity from suit. We believe that they are, and we affirm the judgment of the district court.

On May 1, 1990, Whitters, a…