LAWLOR v. ORLANDO

No. 1D00-1887.

795 So.2d 147 (2001)

John E. LAWLOR, III, As Personal Representative of the Estate of Bryan D. Wood, Appellant, v. Jacqueline ORLANDO, PhD, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Andrew Vloedman of Perry & Vloedman, Gainesville; and James J. Taylor, Jr. of Taylor & Taylor, Keystone Heights, for appellant.

Marlene S. Reiss and Stephens Lynn Klein, Miami, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal of an order granting final summary judgment in a cause of action for negligence in favor of a psychotherapist. The trial court found that the suicide of a former patient was not sufficiently foreseeable to impose a duty under the circumstances of this case. This appeal presents a case of first impression on the issue of whether a psychotherapist owes a legal duty to an outpatient client who commits suicide. Although Florida law would...

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