Reynolds v. Decatur Memorial Hospital

How courts have described this case

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• holding that no doctor-patient relationship arose when physician gave informal opinion over the telephone to treating physician
• holding that no physician-patient relationship between doctor who gave informal opinion over telephone at request of treating physician and minor patient whose case was discussed, and thus doctor did not owe duty of care to patient
• informal opinion from consulting physician at request of treating physician does not create physician-patient relationship
• informal opinion from consulting physician at request of treating physician does not create physician-patient relationship
• “The [physician-patient] relationship is a consensual one and, when no prior relationship exists, the doctor must take some action to treat the patient before the relationship can be established.”
• relationship between physician and patient is consensual and is founded in \trust and confidence\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).