Personal Injury Law

4 Charged in Hospital Rape Case; Hospital Employees Failed to Report Abuse

Four hospital employees have been charged with failure to report sexual assault after a stroke patient was sexually assaulted while incapacitated. As police continue to investigate, more details come to light. The victim was incapacitated following treatment for a stroke and was not able to relate her hospital sexual abuse until almost a month later. However, the hospital did not inform the authorities or take any action: it was not until another month later that a hospital employee reported the assault to the police. This case shows an egregious example of hospital staff failing to report hospital sexual abuse.

Read more about this case here.

Full post as published by Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog on May 07, 2008 (boomark / email).