Non-Delegable Duty
etent emergency
pon an implied
fore clear that the
pleaded a claim
for the emergency
igence on a nonry.
The imposition
duty to provide
cy room services
se a patient in an
nerally has little,
who will be the
refused to follow
h it recognized
e cases following
udicially imposed
quiring hospitals
ency physicians
ligent emergency
g the hospital to
e negligence of its
ysicians.
Doctors Hospital of Lake Worth, Inc. and
Newbold Ferguson v. Amisub.”
Thus, the Supreme Court will have the
final word as to the liability of hospitals
for physicians, both in the anesthesia
and emergency departments, as a
result of the certification of that issue
in the Tabraue case.
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e that Chapter 395
s obligates Florida
emergency room
ic, we note that the
ilent on the matter
ty. We believe that
ospital liability to
those emergency
oviders who are
as independent
lic policy decision
urview of Florida’s
r, to the extent the
on law, it calls for
ourt decision. We
to expanding, by
liability of Florida
ate urges.
affirm the Trial
f Count V of the
ended complaint
flict with Irving v.
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