Glazier v. Lee

Defendants appeal by leave granted from the trial court’s denial of summary disposition as to plaintiffs malpractice claim. We reverse the decision of the trial court.

In March, 1982, plaintiff shot and killed his girlfriend, Carol Roketa. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter after a bench trial in Detroit Recorder’s Court.

Plaintiffs complaint alleges that he was a patient of defendant Robert E. Lee, a psychologist, for the month prior to the shooting. The complaint alleges that throughout the month of therapy plaintiff expressed violent feelings and thoughts of murdering a man who was…