Stanley v. McCarver

OPINION

BERCH, Justice.

¶ 1 This case presents the question whether a radiologist evaluating a chest x-ray for a pre-employment tuberculosis screening owes a duty to the examinee, and, if so, whether the standard of care imposes on the doctor the obligation to take reasonable steps to make known any serious abnormalities he observes.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1

¶2 Dr. Robert R. McCarver, Jr., a radiologist, evaluated a chest x-ray of nurse Christine Stanley as part of a pre-employment tuberculosis screening. The prospective employer, Mesa Christian Care (“MCC”), contracted with Osborn,…