Pa. Clinic And Doc Had No Duty To Family Attacked By Teen

By Matthew Santoni ( September 19, 2023, 6:51 PM EDT) -- A pediatric behavioral health practice and a doctor working there didn't have a specific enough warning about the dangers a teenage patient posed before he attacked his neighbors with a knife, fatally stabbing one of them, a Pennsylvania appellate court said Tuesday in backing a trial court ruling for the providers in the family's negligence action. . . .

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