Hansen v. Caring Professionals, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE WOLFSON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Health care facilities are not always fully staffed. At times they ask a nurse agency to provide a nurse for a period of time. In this case, the nurse agency, Caring Professionals, Inc., assigned a nurse to the Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center. A patient on that nurse’s watch was injured. The patient’s guardian sued the nurse agency, among others. The question is whether .the nurse agency can be held vicariously liable for the negligent acts of the nurse.

The trial court granted summary judgment to Caring Professionals, holding…