Please help! After reading Chapter 6, turn to the Notes pages (pp. 236) in the back of
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After reading Chapter 6, turn to the Notes pages (pp. 236) in the back of the chapter. Select a case and search the entire case in Google Scholar. After reading the case you selected, provide a one-page summary of the case facts and identify the issue of NEGLIGENCE in the case and the court's decision (HOLDING). Post your document in the Discussion section of the course. Post a substantial comment on at least two other student postings. If you find that you have selected the same case that another student has already posted, you must start over with a different case (the first to complete the case assignment gets dibs on the case).
Please pick any case.
Notes 1. 61 am. Jur. 2d, Physicians and Surgeons 205 (1981). 2. Baldor v. Rogers, 81 So. 2d 658 (Fla. 1954), reh'g denied, 81 So. 2d 661 (Fla. 1955); angeLa r. hoLder, mediCaL maLpraCTiCe Law 47 (2d ed. 1978). 3. DeFilippo v. Preston, 53 Del. 539, 173 A.2d 333 (1961). 4. Miller v. Toles, 183 Mich. 252, 150 N.W. 118 (1914). 5. Fiorentino v. Wenger, 272 N.Y.S.2d 557, 26 A.D.2d 693 (1966), rev'd on other grounds, 19 N.Y.2d 407, 227 N.E.2d 296 (1967). 6. Faulkner v. Pezeshki, 44 Ohio App. 2d 186, 337 N.E.2d 158 (1975). 7. Small v. Howard, 128 Mass. 131, 35 Am. R. 363 (1880) was overruled by Brune v. Belinkoff, 235 N.E.2d 793 (Mass. 1968). 8. Zills v. Brown, 382 So. 2d 528, 532 (Ala. 1980). 9. Id. at 532. See also Morrison v. MacNamara, 407 A.2d 555 (D.C. 1979). 10. Drs. Lane, Bryant, Eubanks & Dulaney v. Otts, 412 So. 2d 254 (Ala. 1982). 11. Jon r. waLTz & Fred e. inbau, mediCaL JurisprudenCe 54 (1971). 12. Craft v. Peebles, 893 P.2d 138 (Haw. 1995). 13. See, e.g., Dolan v. Galluzzo, 77 Ill. 2d 279, 396 N.E.2d 13 (1979) (a podiatrist was held to standards of podiatrists; physician testimony excluded). 14. Nelson v. Harrington, 72 Wis. 591, 40 N.W. 228 (1888). See also Hansen v. Pock, 57 Mont. 51, 187 P. 282 (1920) (an herbologist was held to standards of surgical and medical practice in the absence of a school of practice).
15. Spead v. Tomlinson, 73 N.H. 46, 59 A. 376 (1904). 16. 25 Wash. App. 158, 607 P.2d 864 (1980). See also Kelly v. Carroll, 36 Wash. 2d 482, 219 P.2d 79 (1950), cert. denied, 340 U.S. 892 (1950) (a naturopath was liable for a patient's death from appendicitis; the naturopath must know when treatment is ineffective and when standard medical care is needed). 17. Pittman v. Gilmore, 556 F.2d 1259 (5th Cir. 1977). See also Lewis v. Soriano, 374 So. 2d 829 (Miss. 1979) (a general practitioner had a duty to refer a complicated fracture to an orthopedic specialist). 18. See, e.g., Sinz v. Owens, 33 Cal. 2d 749, 205 P.2d 3 (1949) (a physician who did not use skeletal traction in treating a double comminuted fracture of a patient's leg would be held to the skill of a specialist only if he should have known that greater skill than a general practitioner's was necessary); Reeg v. Shaughnessy, 570 F.2d 309 (10th Cir. 1978) (physicians are held to the degree of care commensurate with their training and experience). 19. See, e.g., Lewis v. Soriano, 374 So. 2d 829 (Miss. 1979). 20. 245 So. 2d 751 (La. App. 1971). 21. 144 So. 2d 544 (La. App. 1962). 22. Wash. Rev. Code 4.24.290 (1975, as amended). 23. 92 Wash. 2d 246, 595 P.2d 919 (1979). 24. us prevenTive serviCes Task ForCe, guide To CLiniCaL prevenTive serviCes (1989) at 124. The report states, "There is insufficient evidence to recommend routine performance of tonometry by primary care physicians as an effective screening test for glaucoma. . . . The limited specificity of tonometry combined with the low prevalence of [glaucoma] results in a positive predictive value of only 5% in asymptomatic populations." 25. US Preventive Services Task Force, Screening for Breast Cancer, 151 ann. inT. med. 716-26 (November 2009), at http://www.annals. org/content/151/10/716.full. 26. Id. 27. See, e.g., Johnson v. Richardson, No. W2009-02626-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App., Aug. 12, 2010); Callahan v. William Beaumont Hosp., 400 Mich. 177, 254 N.W.2d 31 (1977). 28. See, e.g., Siirila v. Barrios, 398 Mich. 576, 248 N.W.2d 171 (1976). 29. 106 Mich. App. 35, 307 N.W.2d 695 (1981). 30. 15 N.Y.2d 20, 255 N.Y.S.2d 65, 203 N.E.2d 469 (1964), aff'd, 18 N.Y.2d 970, 278 N.Y.S.2d 209, 224 N.E.2d 717 (1966). See waLTz & inbau, supra note 11 at 82. 31. Scacchi v. Montgomery, 365 Pa. 377 at 380, 75 A.2d 535 at 537 (1950).
32. Wickoff v. James, 159 Cal. App. 2d 664, 324 P.2d 661 (1958). 33. Both quotes found at 159 Cal. App. 2d at 667, 324 P.2d at 663. 34. R. P. Bergen, Law & Medicine: Medical Books as Evidence, 217 J. am. med. ass'n 527 (1971). 35. Burnside v. Evangelical Deaconess Hosp., 46 Wis. 2d 519, 175 N.W. 2d 230 (1970). 36. 33 Ill. 2d 326, 211 N.E.2d 253, 14 A.L.R.3d 860 (1965), cert. denied, 383 U.S. 946 (1966). 37. Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial Hosp., 33 Ill. 2d 326, 211 N.E.2d 253 (1965). 38. See, e.g., Cal. Evid. Code 669 (Supp. 1985). 39. 17 Cal. 3d 399, 131 Cal. Rptr. 69, 551 P.2d 389, 97 A.L.R. 3rd 324 (1976). 40. See, e.g., Sinz v. Owens, 33 Cal. 2d 749, 205 P.2d 3, 8 A.L.R.2d 757 (1949). 41. 7 N.Y.2d 376, 380, 165 N.E.2d 756, 757 (1960). 42. insTiTuTe oF mediCine, To err is human: buiLding a saFer heaLTh sysTem (National Academies Press 1999). Fifteen years after the original report, it was reported that despite some progress patient safety remained a serious public health issue. See insTiTuTe For heaLThCare improvemenT, Free From harm: aCCeLeraTing paTienT saFeTy improvemenT FiFTeen years aFTer To Err Is Human (published 2015), at http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Publications/Free- from-Harm-Accelerating-Patient-Safety-Improvement.aspx. 43. 2 H. & C. 722, 159 Eng. Rep. 299 (1863). 44. Jamison v. Debenham, 203 Cal. App. 2d 744, 21 Cal. Rptr. 848 (1962). 45. 77 F. Supp. 706 (Md. 1948), aff'd, 178 F.2d 518 (4th Cir. 1949), aff'd, 340 U.S. 135 (1950). 46. waLTz & inbau, supra note 11 at 100. 47. 25 Cal. 2d 486, 154 P.2d 687 (1944), 162 A.L.R. 1258. 48. Id. at 493, 154 P.2d at 691. Ybarra has been followed in some California casessee, e.g., Hale v. Venuto, 137 Cal. App. 3d 910, 187 Cal. Rptr. 357 (1982)and has been cited with approval in some other jurisdictions. It has also been questioned and "distinguished" (considered inapplicable) in numerous decisions (see, e.g., Barret v. Emanuel Hosp., 64 Ore. App. 635, 669 P.2d 835 [1983]). 49. 158 P.2d 579 (Cal. App. 1945), rev'd on other grounds, 27 Cal. 296, 163 P.2d 860 (1945). 50. See resTaTemenT (seCond) oF TorTs 402A.
51. See, e.g., Perlmutter v. Beth David Hosp., 308 N.Y. 100, 123 N.E.2d 792 (1954). Many states have dealt with this issue by legislation; see, e.g., Wis. Stat. 146.31(2) (West Supp. 1986). 52. 386 S.W.2d 879 (Tex. Civ. App. 1964). 53. Mehigan v. Sheehan, 94 N.H. 274, 51 A.2d 632 (1947). 54. See, e.g., Johnson v. St. Vincent Hospital, Inc., 273 Ind. 374, 404 N.E.2d 585 (1980). 55. See, e.g., Cornfeldt v. Tongen, 295 N.W.2d 638 (Minn. 1980); Hanselmann v. McCardle, 275 S.C. 46, 267 S.E.2d 531 (1980); Hiser v. Randolph, 126 Ariz. 608, 617 P.2d 774 (Ct. App. 1980); Cooper v. Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Inc., 272 N.E.2d 97 (1971). 56. See, e.g., Hamil v. Bashline, 481 Pa. 256, 392 A.2d 1280 (1978); McBride v. United States, 462 F.2d 72 (9th Cir. 1972). 57. Herskovits v. Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, 99 Wash. 2d 609, 614, 664 P.2d 474, 476 (1983). 58. Id. See also Glicklich v. Spievack, 16 Mass. App. 488, 452 N.E.2d 287 (1983), appeal denied, 454 N.E.2d 1276 (1983) (diagnosis of breast cancer delayed for nine months; jury verdict for plaintiff upheld). 59. Herskovits, supra note 57, 99 Wash. 2d at 614, 664 P.2d at 477. 60. 349 F. Supp. 827 (S.D. Tex. 1972), aff'd, 493 F.2d 408, cert. denied, 419 U.S. 845. This case is discussed in greater detail in chapter 11. See also hoLder, supra note 2 at 306-9. 61. Champs v. Stone, 74 Ohio App. 344, 58 N.E.2d 803 (1944). 62. 166 Wis. 561, 165 N.W. 292 (1917). 63. Schuster v. St. Vincent Hosp., 45 Wis. 2d 135, 172 N.W.2d 421 (1969). 64. 60 Cal. 2d 92, 32 Cal. Rptr. 33, 383 P.2d 441 (1963). 65. Id. 66. 383 P.2d at 449. 67. 43 Ohio St. 2d 53, 330 N.E.2d 678 (Ohio 1975). 68. 43 Ohio St. at 61. 69. See, e.g., Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, 519(b) (1973). 70. Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, 519 (1973); Minn. Stat. Ann. 604.05 (as amended 1984) (West Supp. 1985). 71. aLan riChards moriTz & r. CrawFord morris, handbook oF LegaL mediCine 211 (Mosby 1970); Hill v. Hays, 193 Kan. 453, 395 P.2d 298 (1964). 72. See, e.g., Cates v. Bald Estate, 54 Mich. App 717, 221 N.W.2d 474 (1974). 73. The Statute of Limitations in Medical Malpractice Actions, Wis. L. Rev. (1970) 915, 918; 6 Akron L. Rev. 265, 267-68 (1973).
74. Bauer v. Bowen, 63 N.J. Super. 225, 164 A.2d 357 (1960). 75. Chaffin v. Nicosia, 261 Ind. 698, 310 N.E.2d 867 (1974). 76. Hubbard v. Libi, 229 N.W.2d 82 (N.D. 1975). 77. See, e.g., Thompson v. Brent, 245 So. 2d 751 (La. App. 1971) (the physician was liable because a medical assistant in his employ was negligent in removing a cast with a Stryker saw). 78. 69 Ohio St. 2d 652, 433 N.E.2d 593 (Ohio 1982). 79. Honeywell v. Rogers, 251 F. Supp. 841 (W.D. Pa. 1966). Vicarious liability is discussed in greater detail under the captain-of-the-ship and borrowed-servant doctrines in chapter 7. 80. Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Case. No. 32-RC-109684, 362 NLRB No. 186 (August 27, 2015). 81. Huene v. Carnes, 121 Cal. App. 3d 432, 175 Cal. Rptr. 374 (1981). 82. See, e.g., Friedman v. Dozorc, 412 Mich. 1, 312 N.W.2d 585 (1981), and Hill v. Willmott, 561 S.W.2d 331 (Ky. App. 1978). 83. See, e.g., Dakters v. Shane, 64 Ohio App. 2d 196, 412 N.E.2d 399 (1978); Berlin v. Nathan, Ill. App. 3d 940, 381 N.E.2d 1367 (1978), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 828, reh'g denied, 444 U.S. 974 (1979). 84. Atlanta Oculopic Surgery, P.C. v. Nestlehutt, 691 S.E.2d 218 (Ga. 2010).
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