Warren v. Dinter

ANDERSON, Justice (dissenting).

At issue here is whether Dr. Richard Dinter owed Nurse Practitioner Sherry Simon's patient Susan Warren a duty of care. Because it was not reasonably foreseeable that Warren, who never met or talked to Dinter, would rely on Dinter's decision, reached in a single phone call between Dinter and Warren's actual treating professional, Simon, there is no legal duty here. I therefore respectfully dissent.

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The precise factual scenario Dinter faced was not as simple as the court makes it appear. I briefly recount these facts because our duty inquiry "depends heavily on…