Chapter 4.F.1: Hospital Liability

On the modern status of hospital liability generally, see James Smith, Hospital Liability; Mary Bertolet & Lee Goldsmith, Hospital Liability: Law and Practice; Aspen Hospital Law Manual. 

Documenting a sharp rise in suits against nursing homes, see David G. Stevenson & David M. Studdert, The Rise of Nursing Home Litigation: Findings from a National Survey of Attorneys, 22(2) Health Aff. 219 (Mar. 2003).

Notes: Direct Liability and Clinical Oversight

Note 1. Darling and the Duty of Supervision

On significance of the decision in Darling see I. Trotter Hardy, When Doctrines Collide: Corporate Negligence and Respondeat Superior When Hsopital Employees Fail to Speak Up, 61 Tulane L. Rev. 85 (1986); Arthur Southwick, The Hospital as an Institution — Expanding Responsibilities Change Its Relationship with the Staff Physician, 9 Cal. W. L. Rev. 429 (1973); Arthur Southwick, The Hospital’s New Responsibility, 17 Clev.-Marshall L. Rev. 146 (1968);. See generally Annot., 62 A.L.R. 4th 692 (1988).

Note 3. Enterprise Liability

On enterprise liability, see Michelle M. Mello et al., Who Pays for Medical Errors? An Analysis of Adverse Event Costs, the Medical Liability System, and Incentives for Patient Safety Improvement, 4 J. Empirical Legal Stud. 835 (2007); Kenneth Abraham & Paul Weiler, Enterprise Liability and the Evolution of the American Health Care System, 108 Harv. L. Rev. 381 (1994); Barry Furrow, Patient Safety and the Fiduciary Hospital, 1 Drexel L. Rev. 439 (2009).