Hiser v. Randolph

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

In this medical malpractice case, two issues are presented for resolution: (1) Whether a physician paid by a hospital to render emergency room services has a duty to render care to anyone presenting themselves to the hospital for emergency care; and (2) under the facts presented here, whether plaintiff has raised a factual issue that proximate cause exists between the failure to render care and the subsequent death of the patient.

These issues were resolved by summary judgment in favor of the defendant physician, Dr. W. Alan Randolph, and the decedent’s spouse has…