Hospital not liable for sleep-deprived intern's motor vehicle crash
Publication Date: October 23, 2006
Advisen -- Medical Malpractice
Source: AHC Newsletters
"Hospital not liable for sleep-deprived intern's motor vehicle crash"
By Robert A. Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP, Contributing Editor
"In the case of Brewster v Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center,1 the appellate court of Illinois had to decide whether a hospital owes a duty to a person injured by an off-duty intern suffering from sleep deprivation due to the hospital's policy on working hours..."
Advisen -- Medical Malpractice
Source: AHC Newsletters
"Hospital not liable for sleep-deprived intern's motor vehicle crash"
By Robert A. Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP, Contributing Editor
"In the case of Brewster v Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center,1 the appellate court of Illinois had to decide whether a hospital owes a duty to a person injured by an off-duty intern suffering from sleep deprivation due to the hospital's policy on working hours..."
posted by AVRECO at 10:25 AM
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