Hesler v. Osawatomie State Hospital

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• discussing special relationships set out in Restatement [Second] of Torts §§ 314A, 316-319, and 320 [1964]
• nursing staff at state hospital and hospital itself were not liable for damages sustained in car accident when involuntarily committed patient released on day pass steered vehicle into oncoming traffic, because no special relationship triggered duty to motorists
• physician's decision to grant weekend pass to involuntarily committed patient at state psychiatric hospital \clearly falls within the discretionary function\ immunity in K.S.A. 75-6104

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