The Regan Report on Hospital Law articles

Recent articles from The Regan Report on Hospital Law

Sole Liability for `Intentional' Acts of Employees.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... CASE ON POINT: Beverly Enterprises-Florida, Inc., v. McVey, 739 So.2d 646 - FL (1999) ISSUE: Generally employers are responsible for the negligence of their employees under the doctrine of Respondeat Superior. Are employers responsible for the "intentional" acts of their employees?...

ND: Hospital Promises `Financial Incentives': Relocated Physician Sues for Breach of Contract.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... CASE FACTS: Dr. William Barnes, an otolaryngologist, was practicing in California when St. Joseph's Hospital recruited him to move his practice to North Dakota. On March 1, 1992, the parties entered into a "Hospital and Physician Agreement" whereby the hospital provided substantial...

IN: Hospital Lien Released for Settlement: Patient Remains Liable for Full Amount Due.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... CASE FACTS: On May 23, 1994, Branson Cullimore was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a collision. Cullimore sustained various injuries including a tom rotator cuff. The patient underwent surgery for the rotator cuff injury at St. Anthony Medical Center. The patient filed suit against the...

Surgery Results in PVS: $9.6 Million Judgment.(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... CASE ON POINT: Watkins v. Cleveland Clinic Found., 719 N.E.2d 1052 - OH (1998) ISSUE: The elective surgery was routine. The patient emerged in a persistent vegetative state. CASE FACTS: In April 1995, Birdie Watkins, a sixty-one year-old woman, went to Cleveland Clinic Foundation...

Do Harvesters Have Duty to Notify Next of Kin?(Brief Article)
December 1, 1999... DO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HARVESTING ORGANS HAVE A DUTY TO MAKE A "GOOD FAITH" EFFORT TO FIND NEXT OF KIN? This was just one of the questions confronting the court in this California case in which the organs of a foreign tourist were harvested after a "search" for his next of kin was...