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Tarasoff v Regents of the University of California

17 Cal.3d 425 (1976)
JurisdictionUnited States
Year1976
Statusunclear

Key Principle

A therapist who determines or should determine that a patient poses a serious danger to an identifiable third person has a duty to warn that person.

Area of Law

tort

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