Keller v. Missouri Baptist Hospital of Sullivan

GRIMM, Judge.

In this wrongful death medical malpractice case, plaintiff Opal Keller appeals the summary judgment granted Spectrum Emergency Care, Inc. We reverse and remand.

I. Background

Spectrum contracted with Missouri Baptist Hospital of Sullivan to provide it with emergency room physicians. A physician provided by Spectrum treated plaintiff’s husband. The husband died in March, 1988, and the petition alleges his death was caused by physician’s negligence.

Spectrum filed a motion for summary judgment. It contended the physician was not its employee, it did not exercise any control over the…