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Illinois Appellate Court Denies Hospital Vicarious Liability For Medical Malpractice Claim

July 30, 2023

Court Denies Hospital Vicarious Liability Claim: On November 5, 2013, Josef Stelzer saw his regular physician, Dr. Carl Lang, for his annual exam. Dr. Lang practiced through NCH Medical Group, an entity that is separate from but related to NCH. When Stelzer’s electrocardiogram results came back ab[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Finds No Apparent Authority In Finding For Hospital In Catheter Medical Malpractice Case

May 28, 2022

Background Facts On March 19, 2012, plaintiff presented to an immediate-care facility complaining of abdominal pain. Following orders given to him at the immediate-care center, plaintiff went to defendant’s outpatient department for diagnostic imaging. Plaintiff was diagnosed with acute appendicit[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Hospital In Medical Malpractice Case Alleging Apparent Authority

January 12, 2021

The Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (“Illinois Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on June 11, 2020, affirmed summary judgment granted to the defendant hospital in an Illinois medical malpractice case, holding “although Kishwaukee’s advertisements initially could [...]

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Signed By Resident’s Spouse At Time Of Discharge

December 26, 2020

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania, in its non-precedential opinion filed on November 18, 2020, refused to enforce a nursing home arbitration agreement signed by the resident’s spouse at the time of her husband’s discharge from the nursing home, holding “we conclude that the trial [...]

Federal Appellate Court Upholds $15M Medical Malpractice Verdict Based On Apparent Agency Of Radiologist Who Missed Cancerous Mass

March 13, 2019

The United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its decision filed on February 27, 2019 that “given the nature of health care services today … a medical center cannot hold itself out to the public as offering health care services[...]

Who’s Responsible For Your Doctor’s Negligence?

June 24, 2014

In an appellate decision by the Court of Appeals of Maryland (“Court of Appeals”) on June 19, 2014, a large Maryland malpractice verdict in favor of a woman who lost a portion of her foot due to the alleged medical malpractice of her podiatrist, who was a listed provider through her mana[...]

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Illinois Appellate Court Denies Hospital Vicarious Liability For Medical Malpractice Claim

Illinois Appellate Court Finds No Apparent Authority In Finding For Hospital In Catheter Medical Malpractice Case

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Hospital In Medical Malpractice Case Alleging Apparent Authority

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Signed By Resident’s Spouse At Time Of Discharge

Federal Appellate Court Upholds $15M Medical Malpractice Verdict Based On Apparent Agency Of Radiologist Who Missed Cancerous Mass

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