Tovar v. Paxton Community Memorial Hospital

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming dismissal of unlicensed physician’s suit against employer for breach of contract and misrepresentation
• the purpose of the statutes establishing a licensing requirement for doctors is to protect the public by assuring them of adequately trained practitioners
• the purpose of the Medical Practice Act is to “protect the public by assuring them of adequately trained physicians”
• the purpose of the Medical Practice Act is to \protect the public by assuring them of adequately trained physicians\
• the purpose of the statutes establishing a licensing requirement for doctors is to protect the public by assuring them of adequately trained practitioners
• in refusing to enforce a contract with an unlicensed physician, court noted that licensing statute had regulatory, rather than revenue-raising, purpose

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).