Hospital Litigation Reporter Reference Index Vol. 21, Nos. 1-7, pp. 1-112 July 2011

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How To Use This Index This reference index contains every case reported in 2011 in Hospital Litigation Reporter. The index is organized into three sections:

Section A - Cases Reported, by Parties The parties in the style of each case are listed in alphabetical order by both plaintiff and defendant.

Section B - Cases Reported, by Jurisdiction Each case is listed under the court jurisdiction in which the case was decided. First listed are the federal appellate courts, e.g., the U.S. Supreme Court and the circuit courts. Next listed are the states’ appellate courts and the federal district courts. For the A and B sections, the case name is followed by the page number on which the case begins.

Section C - Subject Matter Index This section is organized alphabetically by major headings, and within each major heading by sub-topics. Topics are followed by references to the relevant case(s). Cases are cited to the page number on which the case begins.

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Section A Cases Reported, by Party

Abcarian v. McDonald 50 Abney v. Univ. Med. Ctr. of S. Nev. 53 Adamson v. St. Francis Hosp. Inc. 82 Advocate Health & Hosps. Corp., Rosenberg v. 93 Aetna Inc., Christus Health Gulf Coast v. 105 Albany Med. Ctr. Hosp., Foote v. 61 Alvarez, Columbia N. Hills Hosp. Subsidiary L.P. v. 92 AMISUB (SFH) Inc., Myers v. 56 Ancora Psychiatric Hosp. v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs. 56 Andrade v. Grady Mem’l Hosp. Corp. 55 AnMed Health, Burke v. 91 Ark. Children’s Hosp., Bissada v. 109 Armstrong County Mem’l Hosp. v. United Steel Paper & Forestry Rubber Mfg. Energy Allied Indus. & Serv. Workers Int’l Union 72 Ashland Cmty. Healthcare Servs., Son v. 29 Ashtabula County Med. Ctr. v. Sebelius 42 Astra USA Inc. v. Santa Clara County, Cal. 51 B.D.H. v. Mickelson 28 Bacon v. Hennepin County Med. Ctr. 87 Baker v. Univ. of Tex. Health Sci. Ctr. Houston 86 Baptist Health v. Hutson 108 Baptist Hosp. Sys. Inc., Cullum v. 55 Baptist Mem’l Hosp. v. Sebelius 58 Baptist Mem’l Hosp., Frye v. 88 Baptist Mem’l Hosp.-N. Miss. Inc., Lambert v. 35 Barrow Neurological Inst. of St. Joseph’s Hosp. & Med. Ctr., Smith v. 98 Baylor All Saints Med. Ctr. v. Martin 87 Beauford Mem’l Hosp., Prince v. 67 Bell, Beswick v. 25 Beswick v. Bell 25 Bhama v. Mercy Mem’l Hosp. Corp. 69 Bissada v. Ark. Children’s Hosp. 109 Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kan. Inc., Scripps Health v. 39 Bob Wilson Mem’l Grant County Hosp., Y.R. v. 109 Bonney v. Stephens Mem’l Hosp. 87 Broadlawns Med. Ctr. v. Sanders 28 Brosch, Farmer v. 25 Brown, Estate of v. Physicians Ins. Co. of Wis. Inc. 42 Buffalo Gen. Hosp. at Deaconess Skilled Nursing Facil. Div., Carthon v. 75 Buford, Tex. Tech Univ. Health Sci. Ctr. v. 23 Bunch, Estate of v. McGraw Residential Ctr. 62 Burke v. AnMed Health 91 Byrd Reg’l Hosp., LeCroy v. 40 Byrne v. Cleveland Clinic 85 Cal. Pharmacists Ass’n, Maxwell-Jolly v. 19 Cardiac & Thoracic Surgical Assocs. Ltd., Gitter v. 68 Carthon v. Buffalo Gen. Hosp. at Deaconess Skilled Nursing Facil. Div. 75 Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr., Shahinian v. 83 Cent. Iowa Hosp. Corp. v. Sebelius 41 Centro Medico Del Turabo, Ramos-Cruz v. 85 Champion v. CLC of Dyersburg L.L.C. 59 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hosp. Auth., Cousart v. 42 Chi v. Loyola Univ. Med. Ctr. 61 Chicot County Mem’l Hosp., Dintelman v. 66 Children’s Hosp. of Cent. Cal. Inc., Perinatal Med. Group Inc. v. 100 Children’s Mem’l Hosp., Clark v. 109 Christian Spohn Health Sys. Corp. v. Ven Huizen 104 Christus Health v. Dorriety 100

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Christus Health Gulf Coast v. Aetna Inc. 105 Churchill v. United States 103 Citizens Med. Ctr., Gaalla v. 27, 83 Clark v. Children’s Mem’l Hosp. 109 CLC of Dyersburg L.L.C., Champion v. 59 Cleveland Clinic, Byrne v. 85 Cleveland Clinic Found., Peffer v. 40 Cliff View Terrace Inc., Saucedo v. 52 Cmty. Health Sys. Inc., Haun v. 38 Cmty. Hosp., Stanley v. 73 Cmty. Hosp. of Brazosport, Haynes v. 23 Coffman, TTHR L.P. v. 76 Colen v. Vanguard Health Sys. Inc. 78 Columbia N. Hills Hosp. Subsidiary L.P. v. Alvarez 92 Cont’l Cas. Co., Henry v. 105 Cotton v. Fountain Valley Reg’l Hosp. & Med. Ctr. 58 Cousart v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hosp. Auth. 42 Crowder, Univ. of Tex. Health Sci. Ctr. Houston v. 94 Crozer-Chester Med. Ctr., Cuttic v. 22 Cullum v. Baptist Hosp. Sys. Inc. 55 Curry v. Healthsouth N. Rehab. Hosp.-Homer 72 Cuttic v. Crozer-Chester Med. Ctr. 22 Davis, Health Care Auth. for Baptist Health v. 45 Degelman, Helfers-Beitz v. 26 Dengler v. Posnick 73 Desai, Lawnwood Med. Ctr. v. 44 Dintelman v. Chicot County Mem’l Hosp. 66 Doe v. Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth. 27 Dorriety, Christus Health v. 100 Dotson v. United States 105 Douglas, Mission Hosp. Reg’l Med. Ctr. v. 107 E. Me. Med. Ctr., Morin v. 68 Eighth Judicial Dist. Ct., Valley Health Sys. L.L.C. v. 101 Evergreen at Foothills L.L.C., Hanscome v. 84 Farmer v. Brosch 25 Ferreira v. Wyckoff Heights Med. Ctr. 40 Finley Hosp., Rettenmaier v. 90 Flowers v. Fountain Valley Reg’l Hosp. & Med. Ctr. 102 Foote v. Albany Med. Ctr. Hosp. 61 Forsyth Mem’l Hosp. Inc. v. Sebelius 91 Fountain Valley Reg’l Hosp. & Med. Ctr., Cotton v. 58 Fountain Valley Reg’l Hosp. & Med. Ctr., Flowers v. 102 Franciscan Health Cmty., Jansen v. 27 Franciscan Skemp Healthcare Inc., Leitgen v. 37 Frankford Hosp.-Bucks County, Lesko v. 44 Frye v. Baptist Mem’l Hosp. 88 Fulton County, Pantalone v. 92 Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth., Doe v. 27 Gaalla v. Citizens Med. Ctr. 27, 83 GalenCare v. Mosley 43 Garry v. Univ. of Med. & Dentistry of N.J. 75 Gitter v. Cardiac & Thoracic Surgical Assocs. Ltd. 68 Goddard, Schueller v. 37 Gollas v. Univ. of Tex. Health Sci. Ctr. at Houston 102 Gooding County Bd. of Comm’rs, St. Luke’s Magic Valley Reg’l Med. Ctr. Ltd. v. 39 Grady Mem’l Hosp. Corp., Andrade v. 55 Griffin v. N. Miss. Med. Ctr. 45 Guier v. Teton County Hosp. Dist. 60 Guzman v. Mem’l Hermann Hosp. Sys. 36 Gwyn, Orlando Reg’l Healthcare Sys. Inc. v. 38 Hanscome v. Evergreen at Foothills L.L.C. 84 Harris Methodist Ft. Worth v. Ollie 104

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Section A — Cases Reported, by PARTIES

Hartford Cas. Ins. Co. v. New Hope Healthcare Inc. 71 Haun v. Cmty. Health Sys. Inc. 38 Haynes v. Cmty. Hosp. of Brazosport 23 Health Care Auth. for Baptist Health v. Davis 45 Healthsouth N. Rehab. Hosp.-Homer, Curry v. 72 Helfers-Beitz v. Degelman 26 Hennepin County Med. Ctr., Bacon v. 87 Henry v. Cont’l Cas. Co. 105 Himes v. Medstar-Georgetown Univ. Med. Ctr. 29 Holman v. Rasak 19 Hoover v. Hunter 70 Hosp. Espanol Auxilio Mutuo Inc., Silva-Ramirez v. 93 Howard Univ. Hosp., Tucker v. 21 Hunter, Hoover v. 70 Hussein v. UPMC Mercy Hosp. 22 Hutson, Baptist Health v. 108 Indep. Living Ctr. of S. Cal. Inc., Maxwell-Jolly v. 19 Jansen v. Franciscan Health Cmty. 27 John C. Lincoln Health Network Inc., Strand v. 69 Johnson v. Morehouse Gen. Hosp. 106 Johnson v. Wait 89 Kaufmann v. Schroeder 58 Kervick v. Silver Hill Hosp. 89 Klein v. Norwalk Hosp. 24 La. Organ Procurement Agency, Pleasure v. 55 Lahey Clinic Hosp. Inc., Tayag v. 37 Lambert v. Baptist Mem’l Hosp.-N. Miss. Inc. 35 Lawnwood Med. Ctr. v. Desai 44 Lawnwood Med. Ctr. v. Sadow 18 LeCroy v. Byrd Reg’l Hosp. 40 Leitgen v. Franciscan Skemp Healthcare Inc. 37 Leonard J. Chabert Med. Ctr., Scott v. 25 Lesko v. Frankford Hosp.-Bucks County 44 Leung v. Verdugo Hills Hosp. 77 Loglisci v. Stamford Hosp. 82 Long Island Med. Ctr., Royston v. 59 Loyola Univ. Med. Ctr., Chi v. 61 Loyola Univ. Med. Ctr., Schwartz v. 86 Manaway v. Med. Ctr. of Se. Tex. 22 Martin v. St. Dominic-Jackson Mem’l Hosp. 108 Martin, Baylor All Saints Med. Ctr. v. 87 Maxwell-Jolly v. Cal. Pharmacists Ass’n 19 Maxwell-Jolly v. Indep. Living Ctr. of S. Cal. Inc. 19 Maxwell-Jolly v. Santa Rosa Mem’l Hosp. 19 Mayo v. United States 103 Mayo Found. for Med. Educ. & Research v. United States 20 McCall, Estate of v. United States 99 McDonald, Abcarian v. 50 McGee v. River Region Med. Ctr. 54 McGraw Residential Ctr., Bunch, Estate of v. 62 McNeilan v. Ohio State Univ. Med. Ctr. 61 Med. Care Availability & Reduction of Error Fund, Polyclinic Med. Ctr. v. 24 Med. Ctr. of Se. Tex., Manaway v. 22 Med. Protective Co. of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Owatonna Clinic-Mayo Health Sys. v. 104 Medcenter One Health Sys. v. Sebelius 57 Medstar-Georgetown Univ. Med. Ctr., Himes v. 29 Mem’l Hermann Hosp. Sys. v. Progressive County Mut. Ins. Co. 76 Mem’l Hermann Hosp. Sys., Guzman v. 36 Mercy Mem’l Hosp. Corp., Bhama v. 69 Mickelson, B.D.H. v. 28

Section A — Cases Reported, by PARTIES

Mission Hosp. Reg’l Med. Ctr. v. Douglas 107 Montefiore Med. Ctr. v. Teamsters Local 272 88 Morehouse Gen. Hosp., Johnson v. 106 Moreno, TTHR L.P. v. 71 Morin v. E. Me. Med. Ctr. 68 Mosley, GalenCare v. 43 MRI at Belfair L.L.C. v. S.C. Dep’t of Health & Envtl. Control 84 Mt. Carmel E. Hosp., Robertson v. 90 Myers v. AMISUB (SFH) Inc. 56 N. Kansas City, City of, Rodgers v. 54 N. Miss. Med. Ctr., Griffin v. 45 N.Y. City Health & Hosps. Corp., Williams v. 20 N.Y. Methodist Hosp., Semper v. 69 Nanticoke Mem’l Hosp., Sternberg v. 77 Nat’l Healthcare of Newport Inc., Rogers v. 54 New Hope Healthcare Inc., Hartford Cas. Ins. Co. v. 71 Norwalk Hosp., Klein v. 24 Ohio State Univ. Med. Ctr., McNeilan v. 61 Ollie, Harris Methodist Ft. Worth v. 104 Orlando Reg’l Healthcare Sys. Inc. v. Gwyn 38 Owatonna Clinic-Mayo Health Sys. v. Med. Protective Co. of Ft. Wayne, Ind. 104 Pantalone v. Fulton County 92 Parth v. Pomona Valley Hosp. Med. Ctr. 82 Patterson v. Tibbs 70 Pauly v. Stanford Hosp. 101 Peffer v. Cleveland Clinic Found. 40 Perinatal Med. Group Inc. v. Children’s Hosp. of Cent. Cal. Inc. 100 Perry v. Prebyterian Hosp. 26 Physicians Ins. Co. of Wis. Inc., Brown, Estate of 42 Pleasure v. La. Organ Procurement Agency 55 PMA Ins. Co., Reddy v. 106 Polyclinic Med. Ctr. v. Med. Care Availability & Reduction of Error Fund 24 Pomona Valley Hosp. Med. Ctr., Parth v. 82 Portneuf Med. Ctr. Inc., Ward v. 43 Posnick, Dengler v. 73 Prebyterian Hosp., Perry v. 26 Prince v. Beauford Mem’l Hosp. 67 Proctor Hosp., Staub v. 51 Progressive County Mut. Ins. Co., Mem’l Hermann Hosp. Sys. v. 76 Ramos-Cruz v. Centro Medico Del Turabo 85 Rasak, Holman v. 19 Reddy v. PMA Ins. Co. 106 Reed, Via Chrisi Reg’l Med. Ctr. Inc. v. 60 Rettenmaier v. Finley Hosp. 90 River Region Med. Ctr., McGee v. 54 Riverside County Super. Ct., Valley Health Sys. v. 53 Robertson v. Mt. Carmel E. Hosp. 90 Rodgers v. N. Kansas City, City of 54 Rogers v. Nat’l Healthcare of Newport Inc. 54 Rosenberg v. Advocate Health & Hosps. Corp. 93 Royston v. Long Island Med. Ctr. 59 S.C. Dep’t of Health & Envtl. Control, MRI at Belfair L.L.C. v. 84 Sadow, Lawnwood Med. Ctr. v. 18 Saelinger, Stevens v. 34 Sanders v. United States 107 Sanders, Broadlawns Med. Ctr. v. 28 Santa Clara County, Cal., Astra USA Inc. v. 51 Santa Rosa Mem’l Hosp., Maxwell-Jolly v. 19

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Saucedo v. Cliff View Terrace Inc. 52 Schroeder, Kaufmann v. 58 Schueller v. Goddard 37 Schwartz v. Loyola Univ. Med. Ctr. 86 Scott v. Leonard J. Chabert Med. Ctr. 25 Scripps Health v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kan. Inc. 39 Sebelius, Ashtabula County Med. Ctr. v. 42 Sebelius, Baptist Mem’l Hosp. v. 58 Sebelius, Cent. Iowa Hosp. Corp. v. 41 Sebelius, Forsyth Mem’l Hosp. Inc. v. 91 Sebelius, Medcenter One Health Sys. v. 57 Sebelius, Select Specialty Hosp.-Bloomington Inc. v. 74 Sebelius, Swedish Am. Hosp. v. 74 Sebelius, Univ. of Wash. Med. Ctr. v. 57 Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., Ancora Psychiatric Hosp. v. 56 Select Specialty Hosp.-Bloomington Inc. v. Sebelius 74 Semper v. N.Y. Methodist Hosp. 69 Shahinian v. Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr. 83 Silva-Ramirez v. Hosp. Espanol Auxilio Mutuo Inc. 93 Silver Hill Hosp., Kervick v. 89 Smith v. Barrow Neurological Inst. of St. Joseph’s Hosp. & Med. Ctr. 98 Son v. Ashland Cmty. Healthcare Servs. 29 St. Dominic-Jackson Mem’l Hosp., Martin v. 108 St. Francis Hosp. Inc., Adamson v. 82 St. Luke’s Magic Valley Reg’l Med. Ctr. Ltd. v. Gooding County Bd. of Comm’rs 39 Stamford Hosp., Loglisci v. 82 Stanford Hosp., Pauly v. 101 Stanley v. Cmty. Hosp. 73 Staub v. Proctor Hosp. 51 Stephens Mem’l Hosp., Bonney v. 87 Sternberg v. Nanticoke Mem’l Hosp. 77 Stevens v. Saelinger 34 Strand v. John C. Lincoln Health Network Inc. 69 Summa Health Sys., Ward v. 21 Swedish Am. Hosp. v. Sebelius 74 Tayag v. Lahey Clinic Hosp. Inc. 37 Teamsters Local 272, Montefiore Med. Ctr. v. 88 Teton County Hosp. Dist., Guier v. 60 Tex. Tech Univ. Health Sci. Ctr. v. Buford 23

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Tibbs, Patterson v. 70 Timmons v. Univ. Med. Ctr. 41 TTHR L.P. v. Coffman 76 TTHR L.P. v. Moreno 71 Tucker v. Howard Univ. Hosp. 21 Uldrych v. VHS of Ill. Inc. 45 United States, Churchill v. 103 United States, Dotson v. 105 United States, Mayo Found. for Med. Educ. & Research v. 20 United States, Mayo v. 103 United States, McCall, Estate of v. 99 United States, Sanders v. 107 United Steel Paper & Forestry Rubber Mfg. Energy Allied Indus. & Serv. Workers Int’l Union, Armstrong County Mem’l Hosp. v. 72 Univ. Med. Ctr. of S. Nev., Abney v. 53 Univ. Med. Ctr. of S. Nev., Williams v. 98 Univ. Med. Ctr., Timmons v. 41 Univ. of Med. & Dentistry of N.J., Garry v. 75 Univ. of Tex. Health Sci. Ctr. Houston v. Crowder 94 Univ. of Tex. Health Sci. Ctr. Houston, Baker v. 86 Univ. of Tex. Health Sci. Ctr. Houston, Gollas v. 102 Univ. of Wash. Med. Ctr. v. Sebelius 57 UPMC Mercy Hosp., Hussein v. 22 Valley Health Sys. L.L.C. v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Ct. 101 Valley Health Sys. v. Riverside County Super. Ct. 53 Vanguard Health Sys. Inc., Colen v. 78 Ven Huizen, Christian Spohn Health Sys. Corp. v. 104 Verdugo Hills Hosp., Leung v. 77 VHS of Ill. Inc., Uldrych v. 45 Via Chrisi Reg’l Med. Ctr. Inc. v. Reed 60 Wait, Johnson v. 89 Ward v. Portneuf Med. Ctr. Inc. 43 Ward v. Summa Health Sys. 21 Wentworth-Douglass Hosp. v. Young & Novis Prof’l Ass’n 36 Williams v. N.Y. City Health & Hosps. Corp. 20 Williams v. Univ. Med. Ctr. of S. Nev. 98 Wyckoff Heights Med. Ctr., Ferreira v. 40 Y.R. v. Bob Wilson Mem’l Grant County Hosp. 109 Young & Novis Prof’l Ass’n, Wentworth-Douglass Hosp. v. 36

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Section B Cases Reported, by Jurisdiction

U.S. SUPREME COURT Abcarian v. McDonald 50 Astra USA Inc. v. Santa Clara County, Cal. 51 Gaalla v. Citizens Med. Ctr. 83 Holman v. Rasak 19 Lawnwood Med. Ctr. v. Sadow 18 Maxwell-Jolly v. Cal. Pharmacists Ass’n 19 Maxwell-Jolly v. Indep. Living Ctr. of S. Cal. Inc. 19 Maxwell-Jolly v. Santa Rosa Mem’l Hosp. 19 Mayo Found. for Med. Educ. & Research v. United States 20 Parth v. Pomona Valley Hosp. Med. Ctr. 82 Staub v. Proctor Hosp. 51 FIRST CIRCUIT Ramos-Cruz v. Centro Medico Del Turabo 85 Tayag v. Lahey Clinic Hosp. Inc. 37 SECOND CIRCUIT Montefiore Med. Ctr. v. Teamsters Local 272 88 THIRD CIRCUIT Ancora Psychiatric Hosp. v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs. 56 Armstrong County Mem’l Hosp. v. United Steel Paper & Forestry Rubber Mfg. Energy Allied Indus. & Serv. Workers Int’l Union 72

FIFTH CIRCUIT Gaalla v. Citizens Med. Ctr. 27 Gollas v. Univ. of Tex. Health Sci. Ctr. at Houston 102 Guzman v. Mem’l Hermann Hosp. Sys. 36

EIGHTH CIRCUIT Bissada v. Ark. Children’s Hosp. 109 Medcenter One Health Sys. v. Sebelius 57 Owatonna Clinic-Mayo Health Sys. v. Med. Protective Co. of Ft. Wayne, Ind. 104 Schueller v. Goddard 37

ALABAMA Health Care Auth. for Baptist Health v. Davis 45 ARIZONA Hanscome v. Evergreen at Foothills L.L.C. 84

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CALIFORNIA Colen v. Vanguard Health Sys. Inc. 78 Cotton v. Fountain Valley Reg’l Hosp. & Med. Ctr. 58 Flowers v. Fountain Valley Reg’l Hosp. & Med. Ctr. 102 Leung v. Verdugo Hills Hosp. 77 Mission Hosp. Reg’l Med. Ctr. v. Douglas 107 Saucedo v. Cliff View Terrace Inc. 52 Shahinian v. Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr. 83 Valley Health Sys. v. Riverside County Super. Ct. 53 U.S.D.C.—EASTERN DISTRICT Churchill v. United States 103 Perinatal Med. Group Inc. v. Children’s Hosp. of Cent. Cal. Inc. 100

CONNECTICUT Kervick v. Silver Hill Hosp. 89 Klein v. Norwalk Hosp. 24 Loglisci v. Stamford Hosp. 82

SEVENTH CIRCUIT Leitgen v. Franciscan Skemp Healthcare Inc. 37

D.C. CIRCUIT Forsyth Mem’l Hosp. Inc. v. Sebelius 91

U.S.D.C.—EASTERN DISTRICT Dintelman v. Chicot County Mem’l Hosp. 66 Rogers v. Nat’l Healthcare of Newport Inc. 54

U.S.D.C.—SOUTHERN DISTRICT Scripps Health v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kan. Inc. 39

SIXTH CIRCUIT Bhama v. Mercy Mem’l Hosp. Corp. 69

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT Doe v. Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth. 27 McCall, Estate of v. United States 99

ARKANSAS Baptist Health v. Hutson 108 Henry v. Cont’l Cas. Co. 105

U.S.D.C.—NORTHERN DISTRICT Dotson v. United States 105 Pauly v. Stanford Hosp. 101

FOURTH CIRCUIT Gitter v. Cardiac & Thoracic Surgical Assocs. Ltd. 68

NINTH CIRCUIT Univ. of Wash. Med. Ctr. v. Sebelius 57

U.S.D.C. Smith v. Barrow Neurological Inst. of St. Joseph’s Hosp. & Med. Ctr. 98 Strand v. John C. Lincoln Health Network Inc. 69

DELAWARE Farmer v. Brosch 25 Reddy v. PMA Ins. Co. 106 Sternberg v. Nanticoke Mem’l Hosp. 77 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA U.S.D.C. Ashtabula County Med. Ctr. v. Sebelius 42 Baptist Mem’l Hosp. v. Sebelius 58 Cent. Iowa Hosp. Corp. v. Sebelius 41 Himes v. Medstar-Georgetown Univ. Med. Ctr. 29 Select Specialty Hosp.-Bloomington Inc. v. Sebelius 74 Swedish Am. Hosp. v. Sebelius 74 Tucker v. Howard Univ. Hosp. 21 FLORIDA GalenCare v. Mosley 43 Lawnwood Med. Ctr. v. Desai 44 Orlando Reg’l Healthcare Sys. Inc. v. Gwyn 38 GEORGIA Andrade v. Grady Mem’l Hosp. Corp. 55 U.S.D.C.—MIDDLE DISTRICT Adamson v. St. Francis Hosp. Inc. 82

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Section B — Cases Reported, by JURISDICTION

IDAHO Hoover v. Hunter 70 St. Luke’s Magic Valley Reg’l Med. Ctr. Ltd. v. Gooding County Bd. of Comm’rs 39 Ward v. Portneuf Med. Ctr. Inc. 43 ILLINOIS Clark v. Children’s Mem’l Hosp. 109 Helfers-Beitz v. Degelman 26 Kaufmann v. Schroeder 58 Uldrych v. VHS of Ill. Inc. 45 U.S.D.C.—NORTHERN DISTRICT Chi v. Loyola Univ. Med. Ctr. 61 Rosenberg v. Advocate Health & Hosps. Corp. 93 Schwartz v. Loyola Univ. Med. Ctr. 86 INDIANA Beswick v. Bell 25 Johnson v. Wait 89 IOWA Broadlawns Med. Ctr. v. Sanders 28 Rettenmaier v. Finley Hosp. 90 KANSAS Via Chrisi Reg’l Med. Ctr. Inc. v. Reed 60 U.S.D.C. Y.R. v. Bob Wilson Mem’l Grant County Hosp. 109 KENTUCKY U.S.D.C.—EASTERN DISTRICT Stevens v. Saelinger 34 LOUISIANA Curry v. Healthsouth N. Rehab. Hosp.-Homer 72 Johnson v. Morehouse Gen. Hosp. 106 LeCroy v. Byrd Reg’l Hosp. 40 Pleasure v. La. Organ Procurement Agency 55 Scott v. Leonard J. Chabert Med. Ctr. 25 U.S.D.C.—WESTERN DISTRICT Sanders v. United States 107 MAINE Bonney v. Stephens Mem’l Hosp. 87 U.S.D.C. Morin v. E. Me. Med. Ctr. 68 MINNESOTA Bacon v. Hennepin County Med. Ctr. 87 Jansen v. Franciscan Health Cmty. 27 MISSISSIPPI Griffin v. N. Miss. Med. Ctr. 45 Lambert v. Baptist Mem’l Hosp.-N. Miss. Inc. 35 Martin v. St. Dominic-Jackson Mem’l Hosp. 108 McGee v. River Region Med. Ctr. 54 Patterson v. Tibbs 70 MISSOURI Rodgers v. N. Kansas City, City of 54

Section B — Cases Reported, by JURISDICTION

NEVADA Valley Health Sys. L.L.C. v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Ct. 101 U.S.D.C. Abney v. Univ. Med. Ctr. of S. Nev. 53 Williams v. Univ. Med. Ctr. of S. Nev. 98 NEW HAMPSHIRE U.S.D.C. Wentworth-Douglass Hosp. v. Young & Novis Prof’l Ass’n 36 NEW JERSEY Garry v. Univ. of Med. & Dentistry of N.J. 75 NEW YORK Carthon v. Buffalo Gen. Hosp. at Deaconess Skilled Nursing Facil. Div. 75 Dengler v. Posnick 73 Ferreira v. Wyckoff Heights Med. Ctr. 40 Foote v. Albany Med. Ctr. Hosp. 61 Royston v. Long Island Med. Ctr. 59 Williams v. N.Y. City Health & Hosps. Corp. 20 U.S.D.C.—EASTERN DISTRICT Semper v. N.Y. Methodist Hosp. 69 U.S.D.C.—NORTHERN DISTRICT Pantalone v. Fulton County 92 NORTH CAROLINA Cousart v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hosp. Auth. 42 Perry v. Prebyterian Hosp. 26 NORTH DAKOTA B.D.H. v. Mickelson 28 OHIO McNeilan v. Ohio State Univ. Med. Ctr. 61 Peffer v. Cleveland Clinic Found. 40 Robertson v. Mt. Carmel E. Hosp. 90 Stanley v. Cmty. Hosp. 73 Ward v. Summa Health Sys. 21 OREGON Son v. Ashland Cmty. Healthcare Servs. 29 PENNSYLVANIA Haun v. Cmty. Health Sys. Inc. 38 Lesko v. Frankford Hosp.-Bucks County 44 Polyclinic Med. Ctr. v. Med. Care Availability & Reduction of Error Fund 24 U.S.D.C.—EASTERN DISTRICT Byrne v. Cleveland Clinic 85 Cuttic v. Crozer-Chester Med. Ctr. 22 Hartford Cas. Ins. Co. v. New Hope Healthcare Inc. 71 U.S.D.C.—WESTERN DISTRICT Hussein v. UPMC Mercy Hosp. 22 PUERTO RICO U.S.D.C. Silva-Ramirez v. Hosp. Espanol Auxilio Mutuo Inc. 93

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SOUTH CAROLINA Burke v. AnMed Health 91 MRI at Belfair L.L.C. v. S.C. Dep’t of Health & Envtl. Control 84 Prince v. Beauford Mem’l Hosp. 67 TENNESSEE Champion v. CLC of Dyersburg L.L.C. 59 Cullum v. Baptist Hosp. Sys. Inc. 55 Myers v. AMISUB (SFH) Inc. 56 U.S.D.C.—MIDDLE DISTRICT Mayo v. United States 103 U.S.D.C.—WESTERN DISTRICT Frye v. Baptist Mem’l Hosp. 88 TEXAS Baylor All Saints Med. Ctr. v. Martin 87 Christian Spohn Health Sys. Corp. v. Ven Huizen 104 Christus Health v. Dorriety 100 Christus Health Gulf Coast v. Aetna Inc. 105 Columbia N. Hills Hosp. Subsidiary L.P. v. Alvarez 92 Harris Methodist Ft. Worth v. Ollie 104

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Mem’l Hermann Hosp. Sys. v. Progressive County Mut. Ins. Co. 76 Tex. Tech Univ. Health Sci. Ctr. v. Buford 23 Timmons v. Univ. Med. Ctr. 41 TTHR L.P. v. Coffman 76 TTHR L.P. v. Moreno 71 Univ. of Tex. Health Sci. Ctr. Houston v. Crowder 94 U.S.D.C.—EASTERN DISTRICT Manaway v. Med. Ctr. of Se. Tex. 22 U.S.D.C.—SOUTHERN DISTRICT Baker v. Univ. of Tex. Health Sci. Ctr. Houston 86 Haynes v. Cmty. Hosp. of Brazosport 23 WASHINGTON Bunch, Estate of v. McGraw Residential Ctr. 62 WISCONSIN Brown, Estate of v. Physicians Ins. Co. of Wis. Inc. 42 WYOMING Guier v. Teton County Hosp. Dist. 60

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Section C Subject Matter Index

ABORTION Nurse employment discrimination, forced abortion assistance 5 ABUSE REPORTING Malpractice, toxicology report on mother of newborn 9 Negligence, loss of custody of child 98 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Certificate of need 84 Indigent care, county assistance for undocumented alien 39 Medicare 41, 42, 56, 58, 74, 91 AGENCY EMTALA 85 Malpractice 13, 90 Nurses 73, 105 Negligence 11 Nurses 71, 92 Wrongful death 13 ANTITRUST Ambulance services contracts 66 Nurse class action 34 ARBITRATION Employment, physicians 83 Labor relations, tobacco use right 72 Nursing home elder abuse 2 ASSAULT Negligence expert testimony 87 by Patient, mental health 59 of Patient by employee Discovery of records of improper conduct 101 Immunity 54 by Physician 58 of Patient 26 ATTORNEYS’ FEES Staff privileges 77 BYLAWS Staff privileges 93 Suspension 13 CERTIFICATE OF NEED Medical equipment, MRI 84 CHILDREN AND INFANTS Abuse report Negligence, loss of custody of child 98 Toxicology report on mother of newborn 9 Birth-related injuries 42, 55, 104, 109 Apportionment of fault 106 Contributory claim 40 EMTALA 4 Immunity, comp fund participation 38 Emotional distress, known stillborn delivered at home 68 EMTALA 4, 36 Standing to sue 101 Stillborn child 53 Malpractice 36, 55, 61, 70, 104, 109 Apportionment of fault 106 Blood transfusion Hepatitis C contraction 25 Contributory claim 40 Immunity 38 Negligence 42 Abuse reporting, loss of custody of child 98

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CIVIL PROCEDURE Malpractice medical review panel, life-sustaining treatment removal 55 Wrongful death, mother’s intervention in father’s suit 62 CLASS ACTION Antitrust, nurses 34 Employment, FLSA, statute of limitations 88 Medical equipment sterilization 3 Payment, billing practices excessive 108 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/RIGHTS Abuse reporting, loss of custody of child 98 Employment, physician independent contractor 37 Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments enforcement 92 Indigent care, patients’ suit opposing clinic closing 55 Medicaid rate freeze reimbursement 107 Physician suit against employer for malpractice settlement report 50 Staff privileges 27, 83 Wrongful death damages cap 99 CONTRACTS Ambulance services, antitrust 66 Discovery, nonrenewal of neonatal services, volume of revenue 100 Drugs, facility suit against manufacturers 51 Employment 5, 35, 38 Indigent care, patients’ suit opposing clinic closing 55 Insurance 88, 104 Medicare HMO liability for unpaid services 105 Provider suit for coverage 39 Medical equipment sterilization 3 Nursing homes 58 Payment, billing practices excessive 108 Physicians Employment 5, 35 Records disclosure 43 DAMAGES Malpractice 72, 91, 107 Cap, when not elder abuse 52 Contribution claim 106 Excessive 20 Negligence 77, 84 Slander, physicians 18 Wrongful birth, care for child during majority 109 Wrongful death 45, 100 Adult child’s value for patient’s services 29 Cap 99 Excessive 84 Nursing homes 84 DEFAMATION Physicians Computer fraud report 36 NPDB report 3, 35 Suit against employer for malpractice settlement report 50 Teaching hospitals, medical resident job reference 61 DISCOVERY Assault of patient by employee, records of improper conduct 101 Contracts, nonrenewal of neonatal services, volume of revenue 100 Ex parte physician interview 19 Malpractice Birth-related injuries 109 In camera review 109 Negligence, patient fall from window, facility investigation files 67

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Peer review 4, 67 Physician’s personal medical records 21 DISCRIMINATION Employment see EMPLOYMENT Racial against patient 4 Staff privileges Religious 93 Suspension, NPDB report 109 DONORS Life-sustaining medical treatment, spouse’s suit for removal delay 55 DRUG TREATMENT CENTERS Substance abuse counselor sexual misconduct 27 DRUGS Contracts, suit against manufacturers, payment 51 Malpractice 70 Comparative fault, driving following drug administration 10 Toxicology report on mother of newborn 9 Negligence, drug overdose 23 Payment, facility suit against manufacturers 51 Physician’s assistant theft of from patient 82 Wrongful death, patient’s drug us as contributory 29 ELDER ABUSE Malpractice damages cap application 52 Nursing home arbitration 2 EMERGENCY SERVICES see also EMTALA Ambulance services Contracts, antitrust 66 Negligence immunity 75 Assault by employee 54 ER security guard assault victim report to police, HIPAA 87 Malpractice 40, 53, 54 Negligence 82 Wrongful death, patient’s drug use as contributory 29 EMOTIONAL DISTRESS Emergency services, known stillborn delivered at home 68 Evidence, maggots in wound as causing pain 59 Life-sustaining medical treatment, spouse’s suit for removal delay 55 Nurse witnessing patient deaths 69 Physician staff privileges 35 Teaching hospitals, medical resident job reference 61 EMPLOYMENT ADA Anesthesia technician 23 Nurses 5 Arbitration, physicians 83 Assault by Discovery of records of improper conduct 101 Immunity 54 of Patient 26 Constitutional law/rights, physician/independent contractor 37 Contracts 38 Physicians 35 Discrimination 69 Medical resident 102 Military service 51 Nuclear medicine technologist 22

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Nurses 6, 22, 69 Abortion assistance forced 5 Physicians Handicapped persons 86 Resident with ADHD 86 Sexual harassment 21 Teaching hospitals 102 Emotional distress, nurse’s witnessing patient deaths 69 Family and medical leave Anesthesia technician 23 Faith healing trip 37 FLSA, physician assistant overtime benefits 22 Hiring/retention/supervision Physician sexual assault of patient 26 Substance abuse counselor sexual misconduct 27 Nurses Abortion assistance forced 5 ADA 5 Discrimination 6, 22, 69 Emotional distress, witnessing patient deaths 69 Privacy rights, latex allergy disclosure 69 Sexual harassment 21 Nursing homes, ADA 5 Physician assistant overtime benefits 22 Physicians Arbitration 83 Assault by, of patient 26 Contracts 5, 35 Discharge as ruining reputation 98 Discrimination Handicapped persons 86 Resident with ADHD 86 Independent contractor 37 Job offer reliance 68 Medical resident 102 Respondeat superior, patient drug overdose 23 Retaliatory claim 37 Sexual harassment 21 Suspension following fight 5 Tortious discharge 83 Tortious interference, statute of limitations 5 Privacy rights, nurse latex allergy disclosure 69 Retaliatory claim 22, 69 CFO malpractice claim 38 Physicians 37 Teaching hospital discrimination 102 Resident with ADHD 86 Wages, physician assistant overtime benefits 22 Workers’ compensation see WORKERS’ COMPENSATION EMTALA Agency 85 Children and infants 4, 36, 53 Emotional distress, known stillborn delivered at home 68 Evidence 68, 85 Standing to sue, mother on behalf of child 101 EVIDENCE see also DISCOVERY EMTALA 53, 85 Malpractice, physician ex parte interviews 8 Negligence, maggots in wound as causing pain 59

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INSURANCE Contracts 88, 104 Provider suit for coverage 39 ERISA 9 Preemption 88 Malpractice settlements, annuities 44 Medicare HMO liability for unpaid services 105 Negligence, nursing home policy professional services exclusion 71 Notice 104 Premises liability, coverage of patient-on-patient injury 24 Standing to sue, facility suit against administrator 9 Unjust enrichment 88

Res ipsa loquitur Expert testimony 12 Surgery burn injury 73 Slip and fall 108 EXPERT TESTIMONY Informed consent 6 Malpractice 11, 24, 25, 40, 61, 70, 87, 102, 103, 105 Locality requirement 53 Medical equipment unclean 103 Nurses 7, 90 Negligence 6, 26, 42, 54, 71, 92, 102 Maggots in wound as causing pain 59 Nursing homes 12 Patient records release 76 Res ipsa loquitur 12 Sexual assault 87 Slip and fall 104 Wrongful death 45, 100 Nursing homes 8 FINANCE AND REVENUE Discovery, nonrenewal of neonatal services, volume of revenue 100 FRAUD Medicaid 8 Medicare 8 Physician computer fraud report, defamation 36

JURISDICTION Staff privileges 93 LABOR RELATIONS FLSA Class action, statute of limitations 88 Nurses, 12 hour schedule wages 82 Tobacco use right 72

HCQIA Staff privileges 93 Suspension 93 HIPAA ER security guard assault victim report to police 87 Immunity 87 Physician ex parte interview Malpractice 8 Preemption 19

LIFE-SUSTAINING MEDICAL TREATMENT Spouse’s suit for removal delay, medical review panel 55

IMMUNITY Abuse reporting, loss of custody of child 98 Assault by employee 54 HIPAA, ER security guard assault victim report to police 87 Malpractice Birth-related injury comp fund participation 38 Hospital district manager 104 Toxicology report on mother of newborn 9 Negligence 9, 75 Assault by physician 58 Drug overdose 23 Staff privileges 44 Wrongful death 45 Teaching hospitals 94 INDIGENT CARE Contracts, patients’ suit opposing clinic closing 55 County assistance for undocumented alien 39 Disproportionate share 57 INFORMED CONSENT Expert testimony 6 Failure to advise claim 42 Physicians, mastectomy alternatives 20

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JURIES Impartiality 89 Instructions Contributory negligence 89 Malpractice 73, 80 Res ipsa loquitur 89 Surgery burn injury 73 “Quotient” verdict agreement 55 Voir dire 90 Debt to defendant 91

MALPRACTICE Abuse report, toxicology report on mother of newborn 9 Agency 90, 105 Apportionment of fault 106 Assault by employee 54 Birth-related injuries 55, 104, 106, 109 Contributory claim 40 Immunity, comp fund participation 38 Children and infants 25, 36, 61, 70 Comparative fault, driving following drug administration 10 Damages 72, 91, 106, 107 Cap, when not elder abuse 52 Excessive 20 Discovery Ex parte physician interview 19 In-camera review 109 Peer review 4 Physician’s personal medical records 21 Drugs 70 Auto accident following administration to patient 10 Toxicology report on mother of newborn 9 Emergency services 40, 53, 54 Employment discharge, CFO for malpractice claim 38 Evidence 61 Expert testimony 11, 24, 25, 40, 53, 61, 70, 87, 102, 103, 105 Medical equipment unclean 103 Nurses 7, 90 Failure to remove foreign object 91

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HIPAA, physician ex parte interviews 8 Immunity 9 Assault by employee 54 Birth-related injury comp fund participation 38 Hospital district manager 104 Juries Impartiality 89 Instructions Contributory negligence 89 Res ipsa loquitur 73, 89 “Quotient” verdict agreement 55 Voir dire 90 Debt to defendant 91 Life-sustaining treatment, spouse’s suit for removal delay 55 Medical equipment unclean 103 Mental health, suicide of patient 40, 89 Notice 25, 41, 56 Facility pharmacists as healthcare providers 43 Nurses 10, 24, 72, 105 Respondeat superior 73 Nursing homes 75 Physicians 20, 25, 40, 70, 73, 78, 105, 106 Hepatitis B exposure from 21 Suit against employer for settlement report 50 Settlements Annuities 44 Physician’s suit against employer for report of 50 Statute of limitations 13, 25, 78 Suicide of patient 40, 89 Teaching hospitals 41 Veterans Affairs 103, 107 Vicarious liability 13 MEDICAID Constitutional law/rights 107 Fraud, jurisdiction 8 Rate freeze, monetary relief 107 Reimbursement 107 Preemption, rate reduction 19 MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Certificate of need, MRI 84 Class action, sterilization 3 Malpractice expert testimony, unclean equipment 103 MEDICAL SCHOOLS see also TEACHING HOSPITALS Residents as exempt from Social Security tax 20 MEDICARE Administrative law 41, 42, 56, 58, 74, 91 Disproportionate share payment 42, 57, 58 Fraud, jurisdiction 8 Medical education reimbursement 74 Medicare HMO liability for unpaid services 105 Merger losses reimbursement 41 Reimbursement 58 Mental health facilities 56 Merger losses 91 New hospitals 74 Teaching hospitals, resident training costs 57 MENTAL HEALTH Employment Nurse assistant, workers’ comp following suicide discovery 28

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Substance abuse counselor sexual misconduct 27 Insurance coverage of patient-on-patient injury 24 Malpractice 40, 89 Medicare reimbursement 56 Negligence, assault by patient 59 Suicide of patient 40, 62, 89 NEGLIGENCE Abuse reporting, loss of custody of child 98 Agency Nurses 71, 73, 92 Physicians 11 Ambulance services immunity 75 Assault by Patient 59 by Physician 58 Sexual, expert testimony 87 Birth-related injuries 42 Comparative fault, driving following drug administration 10 Contributory 89 Damages 77, 84 Discovery, patient fall from window, facility investigation files 67 Drug treatment center counselor sexual misconduct 27 Drugs Drug overdose immunity 23 Patient’s drug us as contributory 29 Emergency services 82 Expert testimony 6, 26, 42, 54, 71, 87, 92, 102 Nursing homes 12 Release of patient records 76 Res ipsa loquitur 12 Sexual assault 87 Slip and fall 104 Fall from window 67 Hiring/retention/supervision Physician sexual assault of patient 26 Substance abuse counselor sexual misconduct 27 Immunity 58 Ambulance services 75 Toxicology report on mother of newborn 9 Insurance, nursing home policy professional services exclusion 71 Jury instructions, employee duty of care 42 Medical equipment sterilization 3 Mental health, assault by patient 59 Nurses 26, 54 Agency 71, 73, 92 Nursing homes 52, 58, 75, 92 Damages 84 Evidence, maggots in wound as causing pain 59 Expert testimony 12 Insurance 71 Premature discharge 12 Pharmacists 43 Physicians 25 Agency 11 Records release, expert testimony 76 Settlements, doctor’s settlement as releasing facility 77 Slip and fall 108 Expert testimony 104 Statute of limitations 58 Substance abuse counselor sexual misconduct 27 Teaching hospitals, medical resident job reference 61

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PHYSICIAN-PATIENT PRIVILEGE Malpractice discovery of physician’s personal medical records 21

NOTICE Insurance 104 Malpractice 25, 41, 56 Facility pharmacists as healthcare providers 43 NURSES Agency Malpractice 73 Negligence 71 Antitrust class action 34 Emotional distress, witnessing patient deaths 69 Employment ADA 5 Discrimination 6, 22 Abortion assistance forced 5 FLSA, 12 hour schedule wages 82 Sexual harassment 21 Malpractice 10, 24, 72 Agency 73, 105 Expert testimony 7, 90 Respondeat superior 73 Negligence 26, 54, 73 Agency 71, 92 Wrongful death 45 NURSING HOMES Contracts 58 Elder abuse arbitration 2 Employment, ADA 5 Expert testimony Negligence, res ipsa loquitur 12 Wrongful death 8 Federal Nursing Home Reform Amendments enforcement 92 Malpractice 75 Negligence 52, 58, 75, 84, 92 Evidence, maggots in wound as causing pain 59 Expert testimony 12 Insurance policy professional services exclusion 71 Premature discharge 12 Payment, higher rate to private paying residents 27 Wrongful death 8, 75 Damages 84

PREEMPTION ERISA, breach of contract 88 HIPAA, ex parte physician interview 19 Medicaid reimbursement rate reduction 19

PAYMENT see also INDIGENT CARE, INSURANCE, MEDICAID, MEDICARE Class action, billing practices excessive 108 County assistance for undocumented alien 39 Drugs, facility suit against manufacturers 51 Indemnity, wrongful death claim, statute of limitations 45 Liens, personal injury settlement 60 Nursing homes, higher rate to private paying patients 27 Settlement lien 76

PREMISES LIABILITY Insurance coverage of patient-on-patient injury 24 Slip and fall 108 Expert testimony 104

PEER REVIEW Assault of patient by employee, discovery of improper conduct records 101 Discovery 4, 67 In-camera review 109 National Practitioner Data Bank report as defamatory 3 PHARMACIES/PHARMACISTS Malpractice notice, pharmacists as healthcare providers 43

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PHYSICIANS Agency Malpractice 13 Negligence 11 Wrongful death 13 Assault by 58 Contracts, records disclosure 43 Defamation Computer fraud report 36 NPDB report 3, 35 Employment Arbitration 83 Contracts 5 Discharge as ruining reputation 98 Discrimination Handicapped persons 86 Medical resident 102 Resident with ADHD 86 Independent contractor 37 Job offer reliance 68 Respondeat superior, patient drug overdose 23 Retaliatory claim 37 Sexual harassment 21 Suspension following fight 5 Tortious interference 5 Informed consent 20 Malpractice 25, 40, 70, 73, 78, 105 Agency 13 Apportionment of fault 106 Contribution claim 106 Negligence 25 Agency 11 Peer review see PEER REVIEW Privacy rights, false light claims 36 Slander, excessive damages 18 Staff privileges see STAFF PRIVILEGES Teaching hospital employment discrimination 102 Wrongful death, agency 13

PRIVACY RIGHTS ER security guard assault victim report to police 87 Negligence expert testimony, records release 76 Nurse latex allergy disclosure 69 Physician false light claims 36 PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT Physician sexual assault of patient, hiring/retention 26 Substance abuse counselor sexual misconduct 27 RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT (RICO) Staff privileges 27

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RECORDS HIPAA, ER security guard assault victim report to police 87 Negligence release of, expert testimony 76 Physician contract disclosure 43

TAXATION Medical schools, residents as exempt from Social Security tax 20

SETTLEMENTS Malpractice Annuity 44 Physician’s suit against employer for report of 50 Negligence, doctor’s settlement as releasing facility 77 Payment, lien against 60, 76 Wrongful death indemnity, statute of limitations 45

TEACHING HOSPITALS Defamation, medical resident job reference 61 Employment discrimination Handicapped persons 86 Resident 102 Resident with ADHD 86 Malpractice 41 Medicare resident training cost reimbursement 57 Wrongful death immunity 94

SLANDER Physicians, excessive damages 18

UNJUST ENRICHMENT Insurance 88

STAFF PRIVILEGES Attorneys’ fees 77 Bylaws 13, 93 Constitutional law/rights 27, 83 Discrimination NPDB report 109 Religious 93 Emotional distress 35 HCQIA 93 Immunity 44 Jurisdiction 93 NPDB report as discrimination 109 Retaliatory claim 44 Revocation, disruptive behavior 60 RICO 27 Suspension 13, 77 NPDB report 109 Termination 83 Threatened termination for nonreferrals 27

VETERANS AFFAIRS Malpractice Damages 107 Expert testimony 103 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION Nurse assistant, mental health following suicide discovery 28 WRONGFUL BIRTH Damages, care for child during majority 109 Expert testimony 61 Standing to sue 28 Statute of limitations 28, 109

STANDING TO SUE Drug payment, facility suit against manufacturers 51 EMTALA, mother on behalf of child 101 HIPAA, ER security guard assault victim report to police 87 Insurance, facility suit against administrator 9 Wrongful birth 28 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS Employment, tortious interference 5 FLSA class action 88 Indemnity, wrongful death settlement 45 Malpractice 13, 25, 78 Negligence, assault by physician 58 Wrongful birth 28, 109 Wrongful death 13

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WRONGFUL DEATH Contributory claim, patient’s drug use 29 Damages 45, 100 Adult child’s value for patient’s services 29 Cap 99 Nursing homes 84 Emergency services 29 Evidence 61 Expert testimony 45, 100 Nursing homes 8 Immunity 45 Teaching hospitals 94 Nurses 45 Nursing homes 8, 75 Damages 84 Settlement indemnity, statute of limitations 45 Statute of limitations 13 Suicide of patient 62 Teaching hospital immunity 94 Vicarious liability 13

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