How have courts dealt with medical malpractice cases involving a doctor who is not required supervision but acts autonomously?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lopez v. Ledesma, 260 Cal.Rptr.3d 386, 46 Cal.App.5th 980 (Cal. App. 2020):
3 Waters v. Bourhis (1985) 40 Cal.3d 424, 220 Cal.Rptr. 666, 709 P.2d 469 and Prince v. Sutter Health Central (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 971, 74 Cal.Rptr.3d 750 do not help resolve this question. Neither case involved a medical provider who required supervision but acted autonomously.
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