PLUMMER v. CENTER PSYCHIATRISTS, LTD.

Record No. 952306.

476 S.E.2d 172 (1996)

252 Va. 233

Katrina Q. PLUMMER v. CENTER PSYCHIATRISTS, LTD.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Burnside, Virginia Beach, for appellant.

Robert W. Hardy (Lawrence A. Dunn, Knight, Dudley, Clarke & Dolph, on brief), Norfolk, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


HASSELL, Justice.

The sole issue we consider in this appeal is whether the trial court erred by holding, as a matter of law, that a psychologist who had sexual intercourse with a patient was acting outside the scope of his employment, thus rendering the doctrine of respondeat superior inapplicable.

Because this case was decided on demurrer, we will state the facts "in accordance with well-established principles that a demurrer admits the truth of all...

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