Legal Opinion
Woods v. State Ex Rel. Montana State Hospital
Montana Supreme Court
Decided January 13, 2015No. DA 14-0054PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKINNON
¶1 Sonja Woods, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Catherine Woods, and William Woods, individually, appeal from an order of the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, granting summary judgment in favor of the State of Montana and Montana State Hospital. We affirm.
¶2 The issue presented for review is whether the Montana State Hospital had a statutory duty to warn Catherine Woods of the risk of violent behavior by her former boyfriend, Justin Schiller.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶3 On June 13, 2008, Schiller was involuntarily committed to the…
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