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· 10/21/1987

Richmond County Hospital Authority v. Brown

Citations

  • 361 S.E.2d 164
  • 257 Ga. 507
  • 1987 Ga. LEXIS 945

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing vicarious liability where principal “represented to [plaintiff] that its emergency room physicians were its employees”
  • recognizing vicarious liability where principal “represented to [plaintiff] that its emergency room physicians were its employees”
  • noting that”justifiable reliance must lead to the injury” for a defendant to be held liable under an apparent agency theory
  • adopting justifiable reliance standard of § 267 of Restatement [Second] of Agency, supra
  • \[i]n particular [the doctrine] has been applied to emergency room settings\

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Judges: Gregory, Marshall

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