Harris v. Leader

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming a grant of directed verdict against a patient who sued her psychiatrist for battery because the evidence showed that she consented to their hugging and holding hands
• psychiatrist who expresses personal sexual fantasies to client not liable despite his knowledge of her susceptibility to emotional distress
• psychiatrist who expresses personal sexual fantasies to client not liable despite his knowledge of her susceptibility to emotional distress

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bowling v. Foster
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-03-21· cited 25×
• Robins v. Harris
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-12-15· cited 20×
• Hackett v. Fulton County School District
  N.D. Georgia· 2002-08-12· cited 17×
• King v. Dodge County Hospital Authority
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-27· cited 16×
• Sood v. Smeigh
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-02-06· cited 11×
• First Bancorp Mortgage Corp. v. Giddens
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-10-03· cited 7×
• Camp v. EMSA LTD.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-10-22· cited 4×
• Ferro v. Boswell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-08· cited 3×
• Jarrard v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-01-25· cited 2×
• Fogal v. Coastal Restaurant Management, Inc.
  S.D. Georgia· 2004-04-19
• IAN HAL v. DENISE UMPIERREZ-MORLEY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-10-22
• LUIS MAYORGA v. JIM BENTON D/B/A VITAL RECORD SOLUTIONS
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-07-01

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Yarbray v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-11-01· cited 143×
• Mears v. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-20· cited 40×
• Mims v. Boland
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1964-09-11· cited 40×
• Stubbs v. Harmon
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-16· cited 27×
• Williams v. Memorial Medical Center, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-07-12· cited 22×
• Evans v. Willis
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-02-08· cited 17×
• Williams v. Lemon
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-01-04· cited 16×
• Roberts v. Chapman
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-08-22· cited 11×
• Williams v. Voljavec
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-01-15· cited 7×