Culberson v. Chapman

OPINION

AMUNDSON, Judge.

Respondent Everett C. Culberson commenced this lawsuit alleging respondent Deborah Chapman, a chemical dependency counselor, and her employer respondent Riverside Medical Center (Riverside), are liable for Chapman’s alleged unauthorized release of information concerning a death threat respondent made against a third party while in treatment.

Appellants assert the trial court erred in denying summary judgement under the immunity provision in Minn.Stat. § 148.976, subd. 2 (1988), which limits the liability of practitioners who erroneously warn third parties of violent…