Runyon v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 17 Cal. 3d 425 - Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California · Buckley v. Trenton Saving Fund Society · 100 Wash. 2d 421 - Petersen v. State · Kinsella v. Kinsella · Stempler v. Speidell
Most-quoted passages
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“in accord with the Appellate Division's conclusion that a psychologist who fails to assert her patient's privilege and discloses as a witness confidential information concerning that patient without a court determination that disclosure is required may be liable for damages to the patient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“would be required to disclose confidential information obtained from a patient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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