Corporate negligence doctrine expanded in recent Nevada ruling.

In summary, Texas courts generally do not hold hospitals liable for negligent acts of non-employee physicians under the theory of corporate liability. Hospitals should take care to maintain fair and efficient procedures for granting and reviewing physician staff privileges. Hospitals clearly have a duty to maintain competent staff members and should withhold staff privileges if a physician is incompetent. Unfortunately, some plaintiffs' attorneys attempt to equate incompetence with a particular, and often singular, act. No Texas court has upheld this claim, and none should. A bad result, a negligent act or a medical accident does not, by itself, constitute incompetence.