Can a hospital be held liable for its own negligent conduct?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Vuong v. Morton, 2009 CanLII 60661 (ON SC):
As stated by Lax J. in Latin v. Hospital For Sick Children[6]: A hospital may be directly liable for its own negligent conduct as well as vicariously liable for the conduct of its employees when they are acting within the scope of their employment. The law does not require perfection, but it does require the exercise of the care and skill that is to be reasonably expected of a prudent and careful hospital and of a prudent and careful nurse…
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