Is a hospital liable to a patient for a physician's malpractice?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from M.O. v. Palomar Health, D074410 (Cal. App. 2019):
A hospital is liable to a patient for a physician's malpractice if the hospital employs the physician or the physician is the hospital's ostensible agent. (Jacoves v.
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