· 12/17/1991
Chase v. INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATION, INC
Citations
- 583 N.E.2d 251
- 31 Mass. App. Ct. 661
How courts have described this case
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- holding that HMO may be held liable under a theory of “ostensible” or “apparent” agency if HMO creates an appearance' that physician is its employee, regardless of physician’s actual status
- concludingthat summary judgment was appropriate where the record contained no facts suggesting' that medical center director or HMO supervised or controlled the individual doctor who negligently treated the plaintiff
- explaining nature of an HMO
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Judges: Brown, Perretta, Laurence
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