Opinion ID: 1773893
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: mission

Text: The jury also found that Villafani was providing patient care to Stacy Wolff in the furtherance of a mission for the benefit of [St. Joseph] and subject to control by that same entity as to the details of the mission. The question the jury answered generally tracks the Texas Pattern Jury Charge's language for respondeat superior liability outside the employment context. [71] The key elements of such a theory are (1) benefit to the defendant and (2) right of control. [72] For the reasons we explained in connection with the issue of ratification, Villafani's treatment of Wolff while he was in St. Joseph's residency program is not of itself any evidence that he treated her for St. Joseph's benefit. Because there is no evidence that St. Joseph benefitted or could have benefitted from Wolff's treatment, there is no evidence to support the jury's finding that Villafani's treatment of Wolff was in furtherance of a mission for the benefit of St. Joseph.