In the Charles Cullen case, I do feel all hospitals should be liable. It is their duty to screen their medical staff, ensure proper training as well as maintain compliance with state regulatory mandates. In most cases human error and death are part of a hospital environment, but Cullen was under suspicion from his first nursing job. St. Barnabas suspected him, they could have stopped him early in his career taking his nursing license due to his indiscretions at their facility, but the did not. Throughout the book we see Cullen had no problem getting a position once he was let go from a previous. Each hospital has a duty to each and every patient who walks or is transported into their doors to private the best care and do no harm per the hippocratic
