California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mt. Diablo Hospital Medical Center v. Superior Court, 158 Cal.App.3d 344, 204 Cal.Rptr. 626 (Cal. App. 1984):
Real parties' lawsuit seeks to hold the hospital liable for alleged malpractice by a doctor given staff privileges by the hospital. Elam v. College Park [158 Cal.App.3d 346] Hospital, supra, authorizes a cause of action against a hospital where its "failure to insure the competence of its medical staff through careful selection and review creates an unreasonable risk of harm to its patients." (132 Cal.App.3d 332, 341, 183 Cal.Rptr. 156.)
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