Interoffice Memo

Recently we have been informed of a ruling named the Tarasoff v.

Regents of the University of California, and I must share this
information with you all, so you can learn from this situation.

To all Employees: Please read this memo, and sign your name. Thank You.
The facts of this case is a male student took a simple kiss of goodnight to be
that she loved him, but when he confronted her with his feelings for her she
rejected him and said she did not feel the same for him. He then became confused
and disorientated by this rejection and then became depressed because he still felt
the same for her, and his yearning for her became more intense each and every
time he saw her and he could not understand why she did not love him. Well she
went on a summer vacation and left the university for a while, since he had not
seen her for a while he was starting to feel a little better, so a friend told him that
he might need some counseling. He took his friends advise and went to see the
campus psychiatrist and during his session he told the doctor that he was going to
kill Miss Tarasoff. The doctor informed campus police and did a civil commitment
order on him, and he was detained against his will. Well another doctor saw him
and he seemed to rational and not delusional, so he released him. Well a couple of
months later he followed up on his threat and killed her. He was convicted of
second degree murder but on appeal it was overturned. The doctor was right by
deeming him as a threat to others, but where he failed he did not warn the intended
victim. Thats where the Supreme Court put into effect that you are duty sworn and
bound to inform the victim or victim parents of his intent, and not just protect the
patient.
This decision we now have to protect the client, the victim, and ourselves
from miscommunicating and causing another situation like this.
Thank you for your compliance