Yarbrough v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital

*446 ¶ 1 The circuit court of Cook County certified the following question pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 308 (eff. Feb. 26, 2010): "Can a hospital be held vicariously liable under the doctrine of apparent agency set forth in Gilbert v.Sycamore [ Municipal Hospital ], 156 Ill. 2d 511 , 190 Ill.Dec. 758 , 622 N.E.2d 788 ( [1993] ), and its progeny for the acts of the employees of an unrelated, independent clinic that is not a party to the present litigation?" The appellate court answered this question in the affirmative. 2016 IL App (1st) 141585 , ¶ 46, 406 Ill.Dec. 704 , 61 N.E.3d 972 .…