Duty to Warn and Actual Communication

[摘要] duty to warnduty to protectTarasoffduty to third-partyA Duty to Warn Arises When a Threat is Actually Communicated to the PsychiatristIn Rodriguez v. Lasting Hope Recovery Center, 955 N.W.2d 707 (Neb. 2021), the Supreme Court of Nebraska ruled that summary judgment was properly granted to defendants in a wrongful death action brought against them for failure to warn and protect a woman from her ex-boyfriend, who allegedly killed her shortly after being discharged from Lasting Hope. The court ruled that, under state law, psychiatrists owe no legal duty to warn and protect where the patient does not actually communicate to the psychiatrist a threat of harm to the victim.

[学科分类] 儿科学

[关键词] duty to warn;duty to protect;Tarasoff;duty to third-party