{"id":2502,"date":"2016-03-16T10:34:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T15:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=2502"},"modified":"2016-08-30T16:19:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T21:19:19","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-reverses-dismissal-wrongful-death-lawsuit-physician-issue-apparent-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-reverses-dismissal-wrongful-death-lawsuit-physician-issue-apparent-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of a Wrongful-Death Lawsuit as to a Physician on the Issue of Apparent Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court found that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocatehealth.com\/cmc\">Advocate Christ Hospital<\/a> should not have been dismissed from a wrongful-death lawsuit that involved pediatric cardiovascular surgeon Mary Jane Barth, M.D. The issue in the case was whether Advocate Christ Hospital could be held as the principal for the apparent agency of a doctor who practices there. The hospital argued that Dr. Barth was an independent contractor and thus, the plaintiff could not hold the hospital liable as the principal for any wrongful conduct of an agent (a doctor).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.illinoiscourts.gov\/AppellateCourt\/Judges\/Bio_1st.asp\">First District Illinois Appellate Court <\/a>found it was reasonable for the plaintiff, Natalie Hammer, to assume Dr. Barth was acting on behalf of Advocate Christ Hospital when she performed a number of operations on her husband, Jerry Hammer, who died in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Hammer filed a lawsuit against Advocate, Barth and Barth\u2019s employer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.superdoctors.com\/chicago\/hospital-clinic\/Cardiovascular-Surgeons-Ltd\/2e240c1f-ce8e-47e1-a6ba-43714d2118ad.html\">Cardiovascular Surgeons Ltd. (CSL)<\/a> for medical malpractice and wrongful death. The three-justice appellate court panel found that Advocate Christ Hospital could be held liable because Hammer demonstrated that Advocate did not carefully distinguish between itself and its independent doctors and that Hammer relied on Advocate to care for her husband.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-reverses-dismissal-wrongful-death-lawsuit-physician-issue-apparent-agency\/#more-2502\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court found that Advocate Christ Hospital should not have been dismissed from a wrongful-death lawsuit that involved pediatric cardiovascular surgeon Mary Jane Barth, M.D. The issue in the case was whether Advocate Christ Hospital could be held as the principal for the apparent agency of a doctor who practices there. 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