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CANON v. THUMUDO

Docket Nos. 77151, 77726, 77963, (Calendar Nos. 8-10).

430 Mich. 326 (1988)

422 N.W.2d 688

CANON v. THUMUDO DAVIS v. LHIM HALL v. HAN

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The O'Bryan Law Center (by D. Michael O'Bryan) for plaintiffs Canon.

Lopatin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone, Erlich, Rosen & Bartnick (by Monica Farris Linkner) for plaintiff Davis.

Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.C. (by Owen J. Cummings and Edward E. Salah), for defendants Thumudo and McKeon.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and George L. McCarger and Mark S. Meadows, Assistant Attorneys General, for defendant Lhim, and Thomas R. Wheeker, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant Han.

Amici Curiae:

Ennis, Friedman, Bersoff & Ewing (by Donald N. Bersoff, Laurel Pyke Malson, and Kit Adelman-Pierson) for American Psychological Association.

Onek, Klein & Farr (by Joel Klein and Paul M. Smith) for Michigan Psychiatric Society.

Thomas Downs, P.C., for Michigan Psychological Association.

Libner, VanLeuven & Kortering, P.C. (by John A. Braden), for Michigan Trial Lawyers Association.

GRIFFIN, J.

In each of these cases we must decide whether a government-employed mental health professional was protected by immunity from tort liability for particular acts performed in the course of employment. We resolve these cases under our ruling in Ross v Consumers Power Co (On Rehearing), 420 Mich. 567; 363 N.W.2d 641 (1984).

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