Legal Opinion
S.T.J. v. P.M.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided January 24, 1990No. 21131-CAPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HIGHTOWER, Judge.
Plaintiff, S.T.J., appeals a summary judgment dismissing his suit against court-appointed psychologists for damages caused by their alleged negligent and intentional acts in an earlier custody proceeding. We affirm.
FACTS
When plaintiff and his wife divorced in October 1983, they were granted joint custody of their minor son, B.J. After the mother remarried, plaintiff sought custody, alleging that the minor was being sexually molested by the stepfather. Following a lengthy trial, custody was awarded instead to the mother with limited visitations granted to the father. That…
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