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$625,000 Jury Verdict in Negligence Suit for New York Hospital’s Failure to Protect Patient from Prisoner

In 1994 a New York County jury awarded a woman $625,000 in a lawsuit contending a hospital failed to coordinate a security plan with the Department of Corrections, resulting in a sexual assault upon her. The 20-year-old plaintiff had undergone gynecological surgery and was in a room adjacent to a ...

 

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