A physician who allegedly failed to promptly treat an emergency room patient’s life-threatening condition operated as an independent contractor and not as the agent of the hospital, a state appellate panel held.A panel of the 2nd District Appellate Court revived the lawsuit’s wrongful death and Survival Act claims, but affirmed a circuit court ruling that the doctor was not an agent of the hospital. Justice Ann B. Jorgensen delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.In 2019, Pamela Fese sued Presence Central and …