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ALTHAUS BY ALTHAUS v. COHEN

710 A.2d 1147 (1998)

Nicole L. ALTHAUS, a minor by Richard T. ALTHAUS and Cheryl Renee Althaus, her parents and natural guardians, and Richard T. Althaus and Cheryl Renee Althaus, Appellees, v. Judith A. COHEN, M.D. and University of Pittsburgh Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Appellants. Nicole L. ALTHAUS, a minor by Richard T. ALTHAUS and Cheryl Renee Althaus, her parents and natural guardians, and Richard T. Althaus and Cheryl Renee Althaus, Appellants, v. Judith A. COHEN, M.D. and University of Pittsburgh Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed April 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry S. Silverman, Pittsburgh, for Cohen and University of Pittsburgh Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.

Martha S. Bailor, Pittsburgh, for Althaus.

Before McEWEN, President Judge, and CAVANAUGH, BECK, TAMILIA, KELLY, JOHNSON, HUDOCK, EAKIN and SCHILLER, JJ.

JOHNSON, Judge:

We are asked to decide whether a psychiatrist who treats a child for alleged sexual abuse owes a duty of care to the parents of that child where the psychiatrist negligently diagnoses and treats the child and then, based on that misdiagnosis, subsequently embarks upon a course of action that directly affects both the child and the parents, as the alleged abusers. This is an issue of first impression. We have...

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