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· 8/17/1992

White v. Methodist Hospital South

Citations

  • 844 S.W.2d 642
  • 1992 Tenn. App. LEXIS 709

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that elements of apparent agency include good faith belief in the agent’s authority and detrimental reliance
  • allowing, with respect to the provision of anesthesia services, an inference of reliance when a hospital offers a service and the patient has no choice as to who will perform that service
  • finding that apparent agency is essentially agency by estoppel
  • the plaintiff must prove more than a mere possibility

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Judges: Crawford, Tomlin, Highers

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