Legal Opinion
Mullins v. Parkview Hospital, Inc.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided May 2, 2007No. 02S04-0608-CV-292PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 02A04-0412-CV-671.
SULLIVAN, Justice.
With appropriate permission and supervision, an emergency medical technician student performed a procedure on a patient at the outset of surgery. The procedure was not performed correctly and the patient sued the student for battery. We hold that the trial court properly granted the student summary judgment because there was no evidence that the student intended the harmful contact with the patient, a requirement of the tort of battery.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Culbertson v. MernitzIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
- Joy v. ChauIndiana Court of Appeals · 1978
- Auler v. Van NattaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997
- Cacdac v. WestIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999
- Mullins v. Parkview Hospital, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2005
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