Gilbert v. Sycamore Municipal Hospital

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• recognizing that the decision “in Greene ... overlooked] two realities of modern hospital care”
• holding that the plaintiffs negligence claim against the defendant hospital was extinguished when she settled with the defendant doctor, even though the settlement agreement included an express reservation of the plaintiffs “right to seek recovery” from the hospital
• recognizing hospital’s duty to review and supervise the medical treatment of a patient
• explaining that a hospital may be liable in a medical malpractice case “based upon a principal-agent relationship between the hospital and the physician”
• concluding (1) that the element of “holding out” is “satisfied if the hospital holds itself out as a provider of emergency room care without informing the patient that the care is provided by independent contractors,” and (2
• recognizing hospital's duty to review and supervise the medical treatment of a patient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).