Tasoff V. Regents Case Study

Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California was a case in 1976 which the Supreme Court of California decided that mental health professionals have a duty to protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily harm by any of their patients. Originally, in 1974, the decision was mandated warning the threatened person or persons but, in the year 1976 the California Supreme Court decided that it was intended for a “duty to protect” a victim. Mr. Poddar was a graduate student in the University of California, Berkeley. He met Tatiana Tarasoff at folk dancing classes at the International House. They saw each other on a weekly basis and later on slept together on New Year’s Eve. Poddar interpreted the act as a serious relationship. Tarasoff