Opinion ID: 4677897
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Text: This is a tort action brought to recover damages for the wrongful death of Melissa Rodriguez, who was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Mikael Loyd. Loyd was a patient for 6 days at Lasting Hope Recovery Center (Lasting Hope), a mental health care facility in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was treated by Dr. Jeana Benton, a psychiatrist employed by the University of Nebraska Medical Center Physicians (UNMC Physicians). Hours after Lasting Hope had discharged Loyd pursuant to Benton’s order, Loyd strangled Melissa to death. As special administrators for Melissa’s estate, her parents, Angela Rodriguez and Adan Rodriguez (Special Administrators), brought a wrongful death action against Lasting Hope and UNMC Physicians for failing to warn and protect Melissa from Loyd. The district court granted summary judgment to Lasting Hope and UNMC Physicians on the basis that they owed no legal duty to Melissa. We affirm.