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Florida Hospital Must Face Suit Over Patient's Infection A Florida appeals court has revived a patient's suit against a hospital alleging that he suffered an infection after surgery for appendicitis, saying that even if the doctor was not technically an employee, the hospital might still be liable for his actions. In an opinion filed Friday, the state appeals court said there is a triable issue of fact as to whether Adventist Health System/Sunbelt Inc., which runs Florida Hos...pital, had an "apparent agency" relationship with Dr. Syed Abdul Malik, who performed the appendectomy on plaintiff Ricky M. Luebbert in 2011. According to the opinion, Luebbert went to the hospital in November 2011 complaining of abdominal pain, which was diagnosed as appendicitis, which required surgery. While at the hospital, he was told it would be five hours before another surgeon besides Malik was available, and went ahead with surgery. Luebbert requested antibiotics, only to be denied by Malik, and he later suffered a post operation abdominal infection, spurring the lawsuit, according to the opinion. The trial court granted the hospital summary judgment, finding that it was not liable as Malik was not an employee or agent of the hospital. In Friday's opinion, however, the appeals court said while Malik may not be an employee or agent, there could be an "apparent agency," in that the hospital may be liable for Malik's action if Malik had the apparent authority to act on the hospital's behalf. While Luebbert signed a consent agreement saying he understood that not all services offered by the hospital are offered directly by the hospital or its employees, that agreement does not specify that Malik's surgery was one of those services, according to the opinion. In addition, Malik had testified that he maintained staff privileges at the hospital, virtually all the care he provided was at the hospital, and he had a private office there, the panel wrote, adding that Luebbert had relied on the hospital to provide him with a physician. While Luebbert could have waited for another physician, his choices were still constrained by what the hospital offered, the panel wrote, and it would be the job of a fact finder to decide whether Luebbert would have changed his position if he'd known Malik was not a direct employee of the hospital.