0745 Hospital officials who asked police to return an escaped patient for psychiatric evaluation were immune from liability for failing to warn police that the patient was dangerous; police officers acting at the request of hospital officials who intended to detain a patient for psychiatric evaluation were immune from liability for releasing the patient from their custody.CitationJOHNSON v COUNTY (Escaped Patient) 29 CA4 1400 [See: W&IC 5150, 5154; GovC 856(a); Tarasoff v Regents 17 C3 425; Buenavista v City 207 CA3 1168; Thing v LaChusa 48 C3 644]
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