A Kentucky appellate court ruled that a nurse who was assaulted by a doctor could not hold her employer liable for this incident in tort, but it upheld the jury's award of $40,000 in damages against the doctor.
Case: Powell v. Ashland Hospital Corp., No. 2012-CA-002019-MR, 08/01/2014, unpublished.
Facts: Diane Powell worked as a surgical nurse for the Ashland Hospital Corp., which does business as the King’s Daughters Medical Center.
In October 2008, Powell provided surgical assistance for a procedure being conducted by Dr. Robert Fried, a cardiothoracic surgeon in private pr...
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