Medical Center Has a Duty to Protect Emergency Room Patients from Attacks but Not When the Attack Was a Surprise

Duty of CareMental Health ProvidersProvider LiabilityThird Party Liability

Jan 5

Lane v. St. Joseph's Reg'I Med. Ctr., 817 N.E.2d 266 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004)

The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that although a medical center has a duty to protect emergency room patients from criminal attacks, a hospital is not liable for the injuries that resulted when a teenage boy attacked a woman seated in the waiting area of its emergency room...

Found in DMHL Volume 25 Issue 1

Katherine Faris

Officials at Designated Hospital That Refused to Admit Emergency Detainee Can Be Held in Contempt, but Permitted to Refuse Admission if Hospital Lacks Adequate Space or Staff

Medical Center Has a Duty to Protect Emergency Room Patients from Attacks but Not When the Attack Was a Surprise

Lane v. St. Joseph's Reg'I Med. Ctr., 817 N.E.2d 266 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004)

Found in DMHL Volume 25 Issue 1

Officials at Designated Hospital That Refused to Admit Emergency Detainee Can Be Held in Contempt, but Permitted to Refuse Admission if Hospital Lacks Adequate Space or Staff

Misrepresentations by Insurance Plan of Availability of Mental Health Benefits Can Not Serve as Basis for Consumer's Claim of Common-Law Fraud