Based on a recent Missouri Court of Appeals case, hospitals need to be aware that they could be liable for the acts or omissions of any physician on their medical staff, if such physician is considered an “employee” of the hospital according to common-law principles of agency. Such principles focus on the amount of control the hospital has over the physician’s work.

Brief Facts. In Jefferson et al. v. Missouri Baptist Medical Center et al., […]

In a recent case, the Quebec Court of Appeal overturned a Court of Quebec judgment and found that procedural fairness standards applicable to administrative law are not applicable to internal investigations into complaints of psychological harassment in the workplace.

Facts

The appellant was a college professor who was dismissed for psychological harassment of some of his colleagues. The respondent was selected to investigate two complaints of psychological harassment filed on behalf of two colleagues against the […]