Roessler v. Novak

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• concluding that the existence of a genuine issue of material fact precludes summary judgment
• holding principal “vicariously liable for the acts of physicians, even if they are independent 55 Case: 13-13067 Date Filed: 11/10/2014 Page: 56 of 63 contractors, if these physicians act with . . . apparent authority”
• \The question of a physician's apparent authority to act for a hospital is often a question of fact for the jury.\
• “Although some agencies are based upon an express agreement, a principal may be liable to a third party for acts of its agent which are within the agent’s apparent authority.”
• “[A]pparent authority exists only where the principal creates the appearance of an agency relationship.”
• “[A] hospital may be held vicariously liable for the acts of physicians, even if they are independent contractors, if these physicians act with the apparent authority of the hospital.”

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