OPINION
ANDERSON, Chief Justice.
We granted this appeal to determine whether a psychiatrist owed a duty of care to protect a hospital nurse from the violent and intentional acts of a hospitalized mentally ill patient. If such a duty is owed, the next issue to be decided is whether the patient's intentional conduct should be considered in determining comparative fault under McIntyre v. Balentine,
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