Assignment:
Doctrines of vicarious and corporate liability. These are both just as serious as employee negligence. In fact, in most cases, the organization is named with along side the employee in a negligence lawsuit. This is not a new phenomenon as highlighted in the case "Norton v. Argonaut Insurance Co." These events occurred in 1959. For this assignment, please read the case and appeal (https://www.leagle.com.) After reading the case, please answer the following questions:
- Briefly discuss the terms vicarious liability and corporate liability.
- Identify the various mistakes in the case and indicate which type of liability might result.
- As the facility administrator, chief of staff, or chief of nursing, what steps would you take to prevent this from happening again?
- This case happened over 50 years ago. What safeguards are in place today to prevent these types of mistakes?
- What does pretermitting mean? Does it apply to this case?
Assignment Expectations
- Be sure to apply critical thinking skills from your analysis of the current literature on the above topics;
- Limit your paper to 3 pages (double-spaced, 10-12 point font), not including title page and list of references;