Walker v. University of Wisconsin Hospitals

Amy L. Walker, a nurse's aide working at University of Wisconsin Hospitals,1 was injured when a patient she was attending became violent and assaulted her. She sued the hospital, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and various hospital employees for money damages claiming, among other things, that Mary Ann Roelke, an occupational therapist employed by the hospital, was negligent in the manner in which she applied physical restraints to the patient.2

*241The trial court granted summary judgment dismissing the action, concluding: (1) the hospital, as an arm or agency of the state, was…