Thompson v. Everett Clinic

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a doctor’s tortious sexual assault was not attributable to the doctor’s clinic because “[t]he assault emanated from [the doctor’s] wholly personal motives for sexual gratification”
• holding that Kuehn provided “the better 21 view” over Simmons
• finding employer hospital not liable under respondeat superior for doctor who sexually abused patient because the doctor was acting on personal motives
• finding employer hospital not liable under respondeat superior for doctor who sexually abused patient because the doctor was acting on personal motives
• clinic not vicariously liable for doctor's sexual assault of patient because act was outside scope of employment
• clinic not vicariously hable for doctor’s sexual assault of patient because act was outside scope of employment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).