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PECK v. COUNSELING SERVICE OF ADDISON COUNTY

No. 83-062.

499 A.2d 422 (1985)

Charles and Margaret PECK v. The COUNSELING SERVICE OF ADDISON COUNTY, INC.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Reargument Denied August 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charity A. Downs of Conley & Foote and Jon C. Stahl of Langrock Sperry Parker & Wool, Middlebury, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Priscilla K. Reidinger and Robert A. Mello of Downs Rachlin & Martin, Burlington, and Sessions, Keiner & Dumont, Middlebury, for defendant-appellee.

William B. Gray and Michael G. Furlong of Sheehey, Brue & Gray, Burlington, for amicus curiae Vermont Psychiatric Assn.

Philip H. Zalinger, Jr. of Paterson, Walke & Pratt, P.C., Montpelier, for amicus curiae Vermont Council of Community Mental Health Services, Inc.

Before BILLINGS, C.J., and HILL, UNDERWOOD, PECK and GIBSON, JJ.

HILL, Justice.

Plaintiffs-appellants appeal from a judgment order of the Addison Superior Court that found the defendant-appellee, The Counseling Service of Addison County, Inc. (hereinafter Counseling Service)1 not liable in negligence to the plaintiffs, and dismissing the plaintiffs' cause of action with prejudice. Because we hold that a mental health professional2 has a duty to take reasonable steps to protect...

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