Title: Knisely v. Centeral Vermont Hospital

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

Knisely v. Central Vermont Hospital (99-159); 171 Vt. 644; 769 A.2d 5 

[Filed 12-Oct-2000]
[Motion for Reargument Denied 5-Jan-2001]

                                 ENTRY ORDER

                       SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 99-158

                               MAY TERM, 2000

Geoffrey R. Knisely	               }	APPEALED FROM:
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     v.	                               }	Chittenden Superior Court
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Central Vermont Hospital, et al.       }	DOCKET NO. S0634-95 CnC

                                                Trial Judge: Matthew I. Katz

             In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:

       Central Vermont Hospital (Hospital) appeals the dismissal of its
  third-party indemnity claim  against Technical Services Program at the
  University of Vermont (TSP).  The indemnity case stems  from a claim by Dr.
  Geoffrey Knisely, an anesthesiologist at the Hospital who alleged that, as
  a result  of the Hospital's negligence in providing a safe workplace, he
  developed hepatitis resulting from  exposure to waste anesthetic gases. 
  The Hospital settled Dr. Knisely's claim and sought indemnity  from TSP for
  its alleged failure to effectively monitor and report the level of waste
  gases in the  Hospital's operating rooms.  The superior court granted TSP's
  motion for summary judgment finding  that there was no express agreement by
  TSP to indemnify the Hospital and concluding that the  Hospital was not
  entitled to implied indemnity.  We agree with the superior court that, as a
  matter of  law, the Hospital is not entitled to indemnification;
  accordingly, we affirm the court's judgment.

       A summary judgment ruling is affirmed only where the record shows no
  genuine dispute of  material fact, and that one party is entitled to
  judgment as a matter of law.  V.R.C.P. 56(c); White v.  Quechee Lakes
  Landowners' Ass'n, __ Vt. __, __,