4054 Psychotherapists treating a delusional patient who credibly denied any intention of doing harm to others and had no past history of violence had no duty to persons later attacked by the patient; since the patient did not communicate to the therapists a serious threat of physical violence against the victims or any other identifiable persons, there was also no duty owed under Civil Code section 43.92.CitationCALDERON v GLICK (Delusional Patient) 131 CA4 224 [See: CivC 43.92; Biakanja v Irving 49 C2 647; Tarasoff v Regents 17 C3 425; Hedlund v Superior Court 34 C3 695; Ewing v Northridge Hosp 120 CA4 1289, T/AT 8/04]
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