A California appellate court ruled that a health care worker was limited to a remedy through workers’ compensation for her injuries from an assault by a mentally ill patient.
Case: Mendiola v. Crestwood Behavioral Health, No. C082345, 11/21/2017, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Christine Mendiola began working for Crestwood Behavioral Health in March 2009. While she was at work in July 2011, she was attacked by a patient.
Mendiola filed suit against Crestwood, asserting her employer knew that the patient had a history of attacking women, but deliberately did not inform the ...
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