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ELAM v. COLLEGE PARK HOSPITAL

Docket No. 24479.

132 Cal.App.3d 332 (1982)

183 Cal. Rptr. 156

SOPHIA ELAM, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COLLEGE PARK HOSPITAL, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

May 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wesley H. Harris and George W. Hauer for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Rhoades & Hollywood and Daniel S. Belsky for Defendant and Respondent.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, James E. Ludlam, Charles F. Forbes, Horvitz & Greines, Ellis J. Horvitz and Kent L. Richland as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

WORK, J.

The pivotal question presented by this appeal is whether a hospital is liable to a patient under the doctrine of corporate negligence for negligent conduct of independent physicians and surgeons who, as members of the hospital staff, avail themselves of the hospital facilities, but who are neither employees nor agents of the hospital. We answer this question in the affirmative and reverse the judgment.

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