· 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
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- 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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