Doe v. Hospital for Special Care, No. Cv-97-0570396-S (Dec. 24, 1997)

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]MEMORANDUM OF DECISION OF MOTION TO STAY/MOTION TO EXPEDITE I.

The instant matter involves several claims brought under a fictitious name against the defendant Hospital for Special Care (hereinafter, "the hospital") and its employee James Duke for damages resulting from two alleged sexual assaults inflicted by the individual defendant, a respiratory therapist, while the plaintiff was in the hospital.

The plaintiff is a 55-year-old woman who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's…