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: Bodily Injury BlogJury Sides with Hospital in Patient Deportation Case
By Edward Bills
A jury on Monday sided with a Florida hospital accused of wrongly repatriating a severely brain-injured illegal immigrant who had been a patient since 2000. In the verdict, jurors concluded that Martin Memorial Medical Center's actions had not been unreasonable or unwarranted under the circumstances. In 2003, acting on an order from a state court judge, and disregarding objections by a legal guardian, the hospital chartered a plane to return Luis Alberto Jiménez to his native Guatamala. The lawsuit sought damages to cover Jiménez's continued care in Guatamala.
Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on July 29, 2009 (boomark / email).
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