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- Title: Currie v. United States
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Release Date : January 28, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge: The difficult question for decision is whether the North Carolina Supreme Court would impose upon a psychotherapist an affirmative duty to seek the involuntary commitment of a patient the therapist believed to be dangerous to others when the therapist had given warnings to those believed to be within the zone of danger. In this suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (because the therapists are federal employees), the district court held that the North Carolina Supreme Court would impose such a duty, but that the duty would not be violated by a simple want of due care; a competent therapist exercising his best professional judgment and otherwise acting in good faith, would be protected from tort liability. Since the therapists in this case were clearly competent, indeed, highly qualified, and acted in entire good faith, the district judge entered judgment for the United States. 644 F. Supp. 1074 (M.D.N.C. 1986).
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