Jackson v. Power

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that hospital may be held liable for negligence of emergency room physicians under apparent agency doctrine
• holding that a general acute care hospital may not delegate its duty to provide physicians for emergency room care because the law imposes a duty on hospital to provide that health care
• holding that a hospital has a non-delegable duty to provide non-negligent medical care in an emergency room
• finding that, at least with respect to ER physicians, no express representation by the hospital is required, nor is testimony regarding reliance
• considering whether the patient looks to the institution or to the doctor in deciding whether apparent agency is present
• suggesting New York should hold hospitals liable for the malpractice of independent emergency room physicians

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).