Jaar v. University of Miami

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• concluding that university was not immune because the unambiguous terms of its contract with the public health trust did not create an agency relationship
• applying § 768.28 immunity to doctors employed by the Public Health Trust of Miami Dade County d/b/a Jackson Memorial Hospital
• stating the general rule that an “employer or principal is vicariously liable for negligent acts of its employee or agent committed within the course and scope of that employment or agency relationship.”
• “As employees or agents of the Trust, Dr. Ward and the residents are entitled to immunity from liability.”
• as employee or agent of a governmental entity entitled to the protection of s. 768.28 , F.S., physician was entitled to immunity from liability
• “Florida courts have ruled the immunity statute constitutional when applied to a physician who, within the scope of his governmental employment, negligently caused injury to another.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).