The hospital has outsourced housekeeping services to an independent contractor. A patient who was injured in a fall on wet flooring brings suit against the company. Does the hospital also hold liability?
1. Yes, secondary to the doctrine of borrowed servant
2. No, secondary to the doctrine of respondeat superior
3. Maybe, secondary to the doctrine of dual servant
4. Perhaps, secondary to the doctrine of ostensible authority
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Rationale: Borrowed servant occurs when a person, while under contract to one entity, is "loaned" to another entity that will direct and supervise the details of the person's work.
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