Cross v. Trapp

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• hospital had no duty to obtain informed consent in absence of agency relationship with physician
• hospital had no duty to obtain informed consent in absence of agency relationship with physician
• absent agency relationship with physician, hospital had no duty to obtain patient’s informed consent to surgery
• mere existence of general written consent form had little significance with regard to what physician may have told patient
• hospital owes no duty to obtain consent for surgery or ensure physician has obtained consent unless treating physician is hospital’s agent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).