Court Opinion

ID: 9670924
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:28:20.353686+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:07.277123
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*353M. Warshawsky, J.
(dissenting). I respectfully dissent. In my opinion it is unwise to extend the law of this state to impose a duty on a physician in favor of unidentified third persons who might foreseeably be injured by a patient’s conduct allegedly resulting from the physician’s diagnosis or treatment. I would affirm the grant of summary judgment for the reason that, as a matter of law, defendant’s diagnosis and treatment of Mr. Hubbard did not create a foreseeable risk of harm to plaintiffs, and defendant, therefore, owed no duty to plaintiffs.
The courts must refrain from further imposing upon the medical profession duties and obligations that interfere with the reasonable practice of medicine.