Legal Opinion
Bragg v. Valdez
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 18, 2003No. B158819PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MUNOZ (AURELIO), J. *
Plaintiffs appeal from the order of dismissal entered following the sustaining without leave to amend of the demurrer to their second amended complaint filed by defendants. Appellants contend the trial court erroneously ruled that a physician’s well-settled duty to exercise reasonable care to control the behavior of a patient who may endanger other persons is actionable only if that patient harms a readily identifiable plaintiff.
We hold that a treating psychiatrist who releases a patient simply because that patient has no insurance, when that patient has been…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Martinez v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Rowland v. ChristianCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Dillon v. LeggCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Tarasoff v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Johnson v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by9 opinions
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