Opinion ID: 2543380
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Heading: Theories of Myers' Claim Which Stood under Consideration in the Summary Process

Text: ¶ 9 Myers argue that a mental health care professional owes a duty to a parent (or grandparent) not to misdiagnose negligently a child's condition, if that misdiagnosis should lead to a false accusation of sexual abuse. They urge that their claim is actionable on the theory that the defendant's negligent therapy and psychiatric care brought about the implanting and reinforcing of false memories (of sexual abuse) in Steve Myers' daughters. By their other theory of liability, Dr. Lashley is alleged to have intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon them by planting false memories in the minds of the children and making false reports of sexual abuse. Myers insist their claim is not rested on the defendant's submission of a report compelled by Oklahoma's child abuse reporting laws, [15] but rather upon negligent misdiagnosis of Myers' children and the resultant harm to them from therapy-induced suggestions of sexual abuse.