JUDGMENTS
Joseph v. Tenet Healthsystem North Shore, Inc., No. 3D05-2577 (Fla. App. Mar. 14, 2007)
The
District Court of Appeal of Florida affirmed a lower court’s summary
judgment for a hospital, holding that a hospital is not liable where a staff
physician fails to satisfy a monetary judgment entered against him. The court
noted that Florida statutes “necessarily relieve hospitals of any liability
if its physicians who, though initially agreeing to be personally liable, are
ultimately unable to pay any subsequent judgments.”