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 Paintsville,...
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