Legal Opinion
Munroe v. Universal Health Services, Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 24, 2004No. S04A0470PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
This case is before us after the Court of Appeals evenly divided over the negligent hiring/retention claim in the personal injury action brought by Christine Munroe against Universal Health Services, Inc. d/b/a Anchor Hospital Behavioral Health Systems. Mun-roe alleged that shortly after she entered Universal’s residential treatment facility as a patient, a mental health assistant named Shawn Love employed by Universal made inappropriate comments to her; that he came to her room and made sexual advances which ended when Munroe’s roommate interrupted him; and that he returned…
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