April 1, 2021, 7:11 p.m.
- The patient is said to have been arrested, handcuffed to the bed and threatened
- The guards received online training with no discussion of violence
A patient at Lynchburg General Hospital can proceed with a lawsuit alleging a health system security officer illegally berated him while he was wandering around while under the influence of morphine and causing injuries that cost him his job, a federal court said.
Anthony Smith made plausible claims that the system, Centra Health Inc., has a policy and custom to allow its security personnel to use tasers and excessive force against patients even when there is no obvious danger to the US District Court for the Western District from Virginia said.
Smith’s claims that Centra was intentionally indifferent …
Mary Anne Pazanowski
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