Vanaman V. Graybean Case Summary

This case brought by the plaintiff’s parents, Mr. Walter Vanaman and Mrs. Nancy Vanaman, and the minor plaintiff, Ms. Barbara Vanaman. On June 1964, while Ms. Barbara Vanaman played in her backyard and fell into a hole, she twisted her ankle. The family was trying to reach their primary physician but they couldn’t get in contact with their doctor. They immediately took the patient to Milford Memorial Hospital. Prior seeing the doctor, the nurse asked the family if they wanted any doctor specific, since they didn’t know anybody at this hospital, they were okay to see anyone. In here, they’ve met the defendant Dr. Graybeal, who was on duty at the moment. The doctor ordered an X-ray and identified the patient had a fracture of her bone. Soon, he put her broken leg in a cast. After the service at the ER room, the patient, later on, saw Dr. Graybeal for her treatment couple times at his private office. Couple months passed, Ms. Vanaman complained to the doctor that the cast was too tight, as the result the tight cast, it injured her broken leg even more. There was also a failure to diagnose and treat the patient’s condition. At the end, Ms. Barbara Vanaman suffered an injury to the vascular, lymph, cellular and nervous tissue and cells of her leg. …show more content…
But the hospital argued that Dr. Graybeal wasn’t their employee. And they weren’t in control of what done by Dr.Graybeal. To be an employee or servant of the hospital, the hospital must be in charge of the work their employee has done. Therefore, the doctor’s negligent wasn’t their responsibility. Whereas, plaintiff argued, when they were in the ER room, and the attending physician took care of them, no matter who was in charge of the authorities, the hospital should be liable since it was underdetermined and mistreated by one of its