Posted: June 22nd, 2015

After an incident where a patient developed life-threatening staph infection following surgery at the hospital, a negligence lawsuit was filed against Bright Road Health System

After an incident where a patient developed life-threatening staph infection following surgery at the hospital, a negligence lawsuit was filed against Bright Road Health System. As the Hospital Administrator, you will gather information about the incident from the parties involved, and work with Bright Road’s General counsel to determine the Hospital’s liability.You will need to consider:
a.Whether a duty to care was established
b, whether the duty was breach
c. whether there was an injury
d. whether the concept of respondent superior in the case
e. whether the cause of patient’s injury was due to negligence
f. whether to file an indemnification against any of the staff members involved.