Sidney C. Green, Etc., Joni Green, Individually and on Behalf of the Minor Child, Jennifer Green v. Leslie Walker, M.D.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Joni Green, individually and on behalf of her minor child, appeals an adverse summary judgment which dismissed her claims against Leslie Walker, M.D., on the grounds that Dr. Walker owed Sidney Green, her now deceased husband, no duty of care in the conduct of an annual employment physical. Holding that the examining physician-examinee relationship which existed gave rise to an obligation to perform the examination with due care and to appropriately report thereon, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Background

Sidney Green was employed as an offshore cook by…