Durflinger v. Artiles

How courts have described this case

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• finding that a psychiatrist could be liable for negligent release of a patient suffering from mental disease and violent propensities based on Kansas statutory law
• recognizing tort action for negligent release of mental patient with violent propensities, noting that duty of care “must take into consideration the uncertainty which accompanies psychiatric analysis” [citation omitted]
• psychiatrists’ recommendation that patient no longer needed treatment was part of professional employment and was not insulated from liability if negligent
• causal connection between duty breached and injuries sustained is a question of fact
• duty to exercise reasonable care in discharging psychiatric patient
• duty to exercise reasonable care in discharging psychiatric patient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).