KING v. SMITH

86-439.

539 So.2d 262 (1989)

Catherine KING, et al. v. Dr. Charles E. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell G. Lattof, Jr., of Lattof & Gardner, Mobile, for appellants.

Carroll H. Sullivan of Clark, Scott & Sullivan, Mobile, for appellee.


MADDOX, Justice.

The questions presented by this appeal are summarized as follows: (1) Whether under the facts of this case Alabama law allows recovery against a psychiatrist whose negligent diagnosis and treatment of a patient results in the patient's killing himself and his two children, and (2) Whether under the facts of this case a psychiatrist who knows or should know that his patient poses a threat of danger to himself or to others has a duty to warn or take...

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