Vol. XIII, No. 3Archive > March, 2012

Medical Malpractice

Surgical Administrators Targeted in Lawsuits

William Landess

How would you like to be named in a medical malpractice suit, not for something you did, but for the failure of another? That's how vicarious liability works. Liability is imposed on another, even if the third party played no direct part in the event.

 
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