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· 4/1/1985

Reynolds Ex Rel. Estate of Reynolds v. Swigert

Citations

  • 697 P.2d 504
  • 102 N.M. 504

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that “[t]he principal test for determining whether an employer-employee relationship exists ... turns on the right of the employer to control the work of the employee”
  • stating that whether 16 the physician was an employee or an independent contractor of a hospital is a question 17 of fact
  • stating that whether 19 the physician was an employee or an independent contractor of a hospital is a question 5 1 of fact
  • contract between hospital and physician provided that the hospital \retains the right to exercise control over all details of the professional work performed by the Physician in the hospital's emergency room\
  • “If a physician is in fact an employee of a hospital, under the doctrine of respondeat superior the hospital may be held liable for the tortious acts of the physician which are done in the scope of his employment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Donnelly, Neal, Alarid

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