GREEN v. ROSS

No. 96-00489.

691 So.2d 542 (1997)

Cassandra GREEN, Appellant, v. Jean ROSS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey D. Morris of Morris & Widman, P.A., Venice, for Appellant.

Scott A. Mager and Prince A. Donnahoe, IV of Mager & Associates, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Amicus Curiae Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

Audrey B. Rauchway of Bavol, Bush & Sisco, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.


CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, Cassandra Green, appeals the trial court order dismissing with prejudice her complaint and second amended complaint. Appellant asks us to determine that there exists in Florida a duty on the part of a mental health worker to warn a potential victim when a patient presents a serious threat of violence to that potential victim. A breach of that duty would then support a cause of action against the mental health worker by the...

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