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RYDER v. MITCHELL

No. 00SC889.

54 P.3d 885 (2002)

Gloria RYDER, PH.D., Petitioner, v. Denise MITCHELL, Respondent, and Concerning Juanita Benetin, Attorney-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, EN BANC.

September 16, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Peter R. Bornstein, Peter R. Bornstein, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Juanita Benetin, P.C., Juanita Benetin, Denver, Colorado, Law Office of Marcia E. Wade, Marcia E. Wade, Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Respondent and Attorney-Respondent.

Justice KOURLIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

In this case, we must determine whether a child therapist owes a duty of care to her patients' mother in a circumstance in which she allegedly misdiagnosed symptoms of parental alienation and reported her findings to the father and to the children's new therapist. The court of appeals found that such a duty exists. Mitchell v. Ryder, 20 P.3d 1229, 1233 (Colo.App.2000). We...

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