Petrovich v. Share Health Plan of Illinois, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that HMOs act as health care providers and attempt to contain the costs of health care
• recognizing that HMOs act as health care providers and attempt to contain the costs of health care
• discussing whether a health maintenance organization (HMO) could be held liable for a physician’s negligence even though the physician was an independent contractor
• “[vicarious liability may nevertheless be imposed for the actions of independent contractors where an agency relationship is established”
• summary judgment is proper when material facts and the reasonable inferences to draw from those facts are not in dispute
• “[a]s a general rule, no vicarious liability exists for the actions of independent contractors. Vicarious liability may nevertheless be imposed for the actions of independent contractors where an agency relationship is established”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).