Thapar v. Zezulka

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1999-06-24

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Justice ENOCH delivered the opinion for a unanimous court. The primary issue in this case is whether a mental-health professional can be liable in negligence for failing to warn the appropriate third parties when a patient makes specific threats of harm toward a readily identifiable person. In reversing the trial court’s summary judgment, the court of appeals…

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