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· 4/18/1989

Fischer v. Metcalf

Citations

  • 543 So. 2d 785
  • 14 Fla. L. Weekly 994
  • 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 2120
  • 1989 WL 39523

How courts have described this case

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  • applying the criteria set forth in Cort v. Ash, 422 U.S. 66, 95 S.Ct. 2080, 45 L.Ed.2d 26 (1975), to discern whether the legislature intended to create a cause of action when it enacted a particular statute
  • child had no civil cause of action against father's psychiatrist for failure of psychiatrist to make report of child abuse as required by statute
  • finding no cause of action under similar Florida reporting statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Schwartz, C.J., and Barkdull, Hubbart, Nesbitt, Baskin, Ferguson and Jorgenson

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