Legal Opinion
Jacoby v. Brinckerhoff
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 10, 1999No. SC 16014PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
In this medical malpractice case, the underlying issue is the extent to which a psychiatrist should be held liable for malpractice to a person who is not his patient but the former spouse of his patient. In particular, we must decide whether, in the absence of a claim against him by the patient, a psychiatrist owes any duty to the patient’s former spouse, to compensate him or her either for loss of consortium or for the direct injury to the marriage. We conclude, as did the trial court, that the former spouse cannot prevail on the allegations contained in his complaint in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Waters v. AutuoriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Hopson v. St. Mary's HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Champagne v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Mendillo v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Lynn v. Haybuster Manufacturing, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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3Cited by29 opinions
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