Churkey v. Rustia

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• noting the importance of the consent form specifically naming the physicians practice group as an independent contractor
• affirming summary judgment where consent form stated that hospital “ ‘uses independently contracted physicians’ ”
• noting the importance of the consent form specifically naming the physicians practice group as an independent contractor
• finding no triable issue of fact where disclosures in a consent form stated the defendant hospital “uses independently contracted physicians” and that “physicians are not employees of [the defendant hospital]”
• refusing to credit plaintiffs assertion at the summary judgment stage that she believed the anesthesiologist to be an employee of the hospital where the assertion was unsupported by any specific facts
• affirming summary judgment where consent form stated that the hospital “ ‘uses independently contracted physicians ***. The physicians are not -9- employees of Sherman Hospital but have been granted privileges to practice at the institution ***.’ ”

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