Paintsville Hospital Co. v. Rose

LEIBSON, Justice.

The issue is whether the appellant, Paintsville Hospital, can be held liable on principles of ostensible agency or apparent authority for the negligence of a physician who was not employed by the hospital but who furnished treatment in the emergency room which was provided by the hospital and open to the public.

The complaint alleges that plaintiff’s decedent, Grimsey Rose, age sixteen, was found unconscious on the street in Paints-ville, Kentucky, with an impact point on his left jaw and his crushed glasses nearby; that he was taken from there to the emergency room at…