Legal Opinion
O'Brien v. Synnott
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 17, 2013No. 2012-164PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
¶ 1. Plaintiff Kelley S. O’Brien sued defendants Fletcher Allen Health Care (FAHC) and FAHC nurse Catherine Synnott for drawing his blood at the request of law enforcement officers and without his consent, and for injuries he suffered when allegedly assaulted by police officers after defendants negligently allowed those officers unrestricted access to him in the hospital while he was recovering from surgery. The trial court granted defendants summary judgment, concluding that it was not reasonably foreseeable that the police officers would harm plaintiff if allowed unsupervised access, and…
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