Agency’s Insurance Doesn’t Cover Physician Treating Private Patient
Court says telling suicide victim not to become agency’s patient shows that treatment was rendered outside scope of employment
A nonprofit mental health agency’s insurance does not cover a claim for medical malpractice against an agency physician who prescribed drugs for a former private care patient who was not a client of the agency. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a District Court decision that the physician was not acting within the scope of his employment.
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