Thapar v. Zezulka

Psychiatrist Thapar (defendant) treated patient Lilly, who told her in August 1988 that he felt like killing his stepfather Zezulka but had decided against it, leading to a week-long hospitalization; within a month, Lilly shot and killed Zezulka, and Zezulka's wife (plaintiff) sued Thapar for negligently failing to warn anyone of the threat and for negligent diagnosis, with the trial court denying Thapar's summary judgment motion and the court of appeals partially affirming.