Alberts v. Devine

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1985-06-04

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O’Connor, J. In this action, brought by William E. Alberts, a minister of the United Methodist Church, against Donald T. Devine, a psychiatrist, and Edward G. Carroll and John E. Barclay, two of the plaintiff’s clerical superiors, we hold that: (1) unless faced with a serious danger to the patient or to others, a physician owes a patien…

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