BOLAND, J.
SUMMARY
As a general rule, a mental health practitioner has no duty to warn third persons about, nor any duty to predict, a patient's dangerous propensities. This rule is subject to an important exception: when a patient has "communicated to the psychotherapist a serious threat of physical violence against a reasonably identifiable victim," the psychotherapist must take reasonable steps to warn the victim and a law enforcement agency of the threat...
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