Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1901 — Liability of Medical Institutions. [ARTICLE]

Liability of Medical Institutions.

Is a charitable medical institution liable for the negligence of one of Its surgeons in operating on a patient gratuitously? The Supreme court, Appellate division, of New York, In a recent decision in the case of Collins vs. New York Post-Graduate Medical school and hospital (69 N. Y., Supp. 1,060), holds that such an Institution is not liable for damages where the surgeon is employes has been selected with proper care, and with no reason to believe’him to be negligent or incompetent. When the institution has exeercised due care in the selection of its surgeons and other employes the court holds that it has then fulfilled its duty, and is not responsible for their negligence.