The judgment of the superior court in favor of defendants Gold, Moore, Powelson, Yandell, and the Regents of the University of California is reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings consistent with the views expressed herein.

The Superior Court of Alameda County (California) dismissed Plaintiffs’ action (sustaining a demurrer to Defendant’s second amended complaint) for failure to state a valid claim against the therapists, police, and the Regents of University of California (Defendants).

Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, 17 Cal. 3d 425, 551 P.2d 334, 131 Cal. Rptr. 14 (Cal. 1976), was a case in which the Supreme Court of California held that mental health professionals have a duty to protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily harm by a …

Jan 23, 2024 · The dispute centered on whether mental health professionals have a duty to warn individuals threatened by their patients. The Supreme Court of California reversed the lower court’s decision in favor of the Regents, recognizing a …

On October 27, 1969, Prosenjit Poddar killed Tatiana Tarasoff. 1 Plaintiffs, Tatiana's parents, allege that two months earlier Poddar confided his intention to kill Tatiana to Dr. Lawrence Moore, a psychologist employed by the Cowell Memorial Hospital at …

Tarasoff's parents filed a lawsuit against the therapists and policemen involved, and the Regents of the University of California, alleging failure to warn and to confine Poddar.

On October 27, 1969, Poddar killed Tatiana in her home. Tatiana’s parents, the Tarasoffs (plaintiffs), brought suit against the regents alleging they were negligent in failing to warn the Tarasoffs of the danger to Tatiana. The trial court held …

Once a therapist determines or should have determined that a patient poses a serious danger of violence to others, he bears a duty to exercise reasonable care to protect the foreseeable victim of that danger. The risk that unnecessary warnings be …

The Trial Court found that the defendants owed no duty of care to Tarasoff (aka nonfeasance), they they couldn't be held liable for her death. The California Supreme Court reversed and remanded for trial.

Nov 30, 2023 · In this case, Prosenjit Poddar, a patient at the University of California at Berkeley’s counseling center, confided to his therapist, Dr. Moore, that he intended to kill an unnamed but readily identifiable woman, Tatiana Tarasoff.