Rafael D. Arango v. George Reyka

STONE, J. The jury in this wrongful death action determined that the defendant anesthesiology association, Taranco & Associates Anesthesiology Group, P.A., and the codefendant hospital, Hospital Development and Service Corporation, were engaged in a joint venture. The primary issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying the hospital's motions for a directed verdict and for judgment n.o.v., based on an alleged insufficiency of the evidence. There was no claim of direct negligence on the part of the hospital, its liability being completely vicarious.