§ 604.201 — Cause of Action for Sexual Exploitation
Plain-Language Summary
This section is part of Chapter 604, Minnesota's comparative fault law. It governs how liability is allocated when multiple parties share responsibility for an injury or loss.
604.201 CAUSE OF ACTION FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.
A cause of action against a psychotherapist for sexual exploitation exists for a patient or former patient for injury caused by sexual contact with the psychotherapist, if the sexual contact occurred:
(1) during the period the patient was receiving psychotherapy from the psychotherapist; or
(2) after the period the patient received psychotherapy from the psychotherapist if (a) the former patient was emotionally dependent on the psychotherapist; or (b) the sexual contact occurred by means of therapeutic deception.
The patient or former patient may recover damages from a psychotherapist who is found liable for sexual exploitation. It is not a defense to the action that sexual contact with a patient occurred outside a therapy or treatment session or that it occurred off the premises regularly used by the psychotherapist for therapy or treatment sessions.
History:
History: History:
1986 c 372 s 2