Zamstein v. Marvasti

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that recognizing duty of professional to abuser would be contrary to public policy
• refusing to recognize a cause of action against a therapist whose incorrect evaluations led to false charges of sexual assault
• declining to ‘‘recognize that psychiatrists, or other mental health professionals, who evaluate children for evidence of sexual abuse, owe a duty to exercise reasonable care in the performance of the evaluation, to the person suspected of committing the abuse’’
• mental health professionals have no duty to third persons when performing sexual assault abuse evaluations of children
• mental health professional engaged to evaluate whether sexual abuse occurred owes no duty of care to alleged sexual abuser
• failure to impose duty so that patient may be compensated from psychiatrist who negligently accused patient of sexually abusing his child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gazo v. City of Stamford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-01-30· cited 339×
• Althaus Ex Rel. Althaus v. Cohen
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-22· cited 259×
• Doe v. Yale University
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-04-11· cited 223×
• Mendillo v. Board of Education
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-08-25· cited 190×
• Perodeau v. City of Hartford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-03-26· cited 184×
• Lodge v. Arett Sales Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-08-25· cited 122×
• Myers v. Lashley
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2002-03-20· cited 62×
• Gomes v. Commercial Union Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-11-20· cited 50×
• Jacoby v. Brinckerhoff
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-08-10· cited 47×
• Poulos v. Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-03-24· cited 44×
• Rite Aid Corp. v. Hagley
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-05-13· cited 43×
• Neuhaus v. DeCholnoky
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-10-03· cited 41×
• Manifold v. Ragaglia
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-12-28· cited 30×
• Bouchard v. Sundberg
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2003-11-18· cited 29×
• Hungerford v. Jones
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1998-12-18· cited 29×
• Gould v. Mellick & Sexton
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2001-10-30· cited 28×
• Carrubba v. Moskowitz
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-07-26· cited 27×
• Ramsey v. YAVAPAI FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-07-13· cited 24×
• Roberts v. Salmi
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2014-12-18· cited 24×
• Mower v. Childrens Ctr
  Utah Supreme Court· 2018-07-05· cited 23×

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• RK Constructors, Inc. v. Fusco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-12-06· cited 673×
• Liljedahl Bros. v. Grigsby
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-12· cited 572×
• State v. Curcio
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-08-09· cited 442×
• Bird v. W.C.W.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-01-05· cited 291×
• Maloney v. Conroy
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-07-26· cited 266×
• Clohessy v. Bachelor
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-05-21· cited 248×
• Mozzochi v. Beck
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-07-28· cited 240×
• Cavallo v. Derby Savings Bank
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-09-07· cited 228×
• Borkowski v. Borkowski
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-03-15· cited 184×
• Krawczyk v. Stingle
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-07-12· cited 125×
• State v. Blasko
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-03-17· cited 95×
• Waterbury Teachers Ass'n v. Freedom of Information Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-02· cited 91×
• Fraser v. United States
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-04-16· cited 88×
• Marshak v. Marshak
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-07-27· cited 72×
• STRORINEY v. Crescent Lake Tax District
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-07-30· cited 56×
• Dunning v. Paccerelli
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1991-12-10· cited 43×
• Montoya Ex Rel. Montoya v. Bebensee
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1988-08-18· cited 42×
• Michaels v. Gordon
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-12-03· cited 24×
• Elmore v. Van Horn
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1992-12-31· cited 22×
• Caryl S. v. Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Inc.
  New York Supreme Court· 1994-05-10· cited 17×