LUNDGREN v. FULTZ

No. C1-82-1517.

354 N.W.2d 25 (1984)

Robert J. LUNDGREN, D.C., as trustee for the heirs and next of kin of Ruth Carol Lundgren, decedent, Appellant, v. Rick FULTZ, Defendant, David W. Cline, individually and as a member of the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Minnesota Hospitals, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren P. Eustis and Cynthia K. Nyman, Minneapolis, for appellant.

John Richard Bland, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


YETKA, Justice.

This case arises upon review of a summary judgment granted in favor of defendant, a University of Minnesota psychiatrist, on the ground that plaintiff failed to state a cause of action. The trial court held that the psychiatrist was under no legal duty to warn the public of the potential danger posed by his patient, nor was he under any duty to rehospitalize the patient upon learning the patient had stopped taking his medication. The trial court did...

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