Baptist Memorial Hospital System v. Sampson

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1998-07-03

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PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case, we decide whether the plaintiff raised a genuine issue of material fact that defendant Hospital was vicariously Hable under the theory of ostensible agency for an emergency room physician’s negligence. We granted Baptist Memorial Hospital System’s application for writ of error to res…

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