1957

In Bing v. Thunig, NY Court of Appeals put responsibility for quality of hospital service on the hospital itself, not on the doctors who practiced there. Case involved a patient, Isabel Bing, who was severely burned during the course of an operation. The hospital’s legal responsibility for patient care was confirmed and extended by the Darling case of 1965, which involved an 18-year-old college football play who fractured his leg during play and received deficient treatment that eventually led to amputation. Illinois Supreme Court held hospitals legally and financially responsible for medical care given by all employees including attending physicians (Stevens II, 249).