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HAMMAN v. COUNTY OF MARICOPA

No. CV-87-0070-PR.

161 Ariz. 58 (1989)

775 P.2d 1122

Robert B. HAMMAN and Alice L. Hamman, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF MARICOPA, a political subdivision, dba Maricopa County Medical Center (formerly known as Maricopa County General Hospital); and Manuel G. Suguitan and Jane Doe Suguitan, his wife, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

January 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Babbitt & Norgren by Robert B. Norgren, Tempe, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas E. Collins, Maricopa County Atty. by Lyle R. Huffman, Deputy Maricopa County Atty., Phoenix, for defendants-appellees.

HOLOHAN, Justice (Retired).

We granted the plaintiffs' petition for review to determine the nature and extent of a psychiatrist's duty to third parties injured by the psychiatrist's patient. The plaintiffs filed a tort action against the defendants for injuries inflicted on Robert Hamman by John Carter, a patient of the defendant, Dr. Manuel Suguitan. The superior court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment, and the Court

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