Legal Opinion
Courtney Webster v. CDI Indiana, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 27, 2019No. 18-3080PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
St. Eve, Circuit Judge.
This medical malpractice lawsuit arises from a radiologist's negligence. Courtney Webster had a CT scan performed at CDI Indiana, LLC's (CDI) diagnostic imaging facility in Carmel, Indiana. The radiologist, an independent contractor hired by Medical Scanning Consultants (MSC), missed Courtney's cancer, which then festered for over a year before being diagnosed.
Courtney and her husband, Brian Webster, sued CDI. CDI, in response, insisted that the Websters could not hold it liable because CDI did not directly employ the radiologist. The district court rejected this…
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