· 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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