FRANCES M. CLARKE, Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
KENNETH J. HOEK, Defendant and Respondent.
Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 8, 1985.
November 8, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Scott D. Righthand and Bostwick & Tehin for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Stuart M. Gordon, Nancy E. Hudgins, Thomas A. Packer, Bradford W. Lomas and Gordon & Rees for Defendant and Respondent.
James E. Ludlam, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, David E. Willett, Catherine I. Hanson and Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.
Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.
OPINION
SCOTT, J.
(1a) The issue raised here is whether a physician who, on behalf of a hospital and without compensation, acts as a proctor in observing a surgical operation for the sole and express purpose of assessing and reporting on the competence of a candidate for membership of a hospital medical staff, owes a duty of care to the patient in the operation which would...
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