3842 REVIEW DENIED A psychotherapist who learns from a patient's parent that the patient has threatened violence to a readily identifiable person owes the threatened person a duty to act reasonably to protect against violence by the patient, and is not rendered immune under Civil Code section 43.92 on the ground that the report did not come directly from the patient.CitationEWING v GOLDSTEIN (Psychotherapist's Duty) 120 CA4 807 [See: CivC 43.92; Tarasoff v Regents 17 C3 425; Hedlund v Superior Court 34 C3 695]
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