Connecticut Appeals Court: Nurse Can’t Sue Patient For Injury While Providing Care

(January 27, 2020, 8:55 PM EST) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Appellate Court concluded on Jan. 14 that the law does not impose a duty of care on a patient to avoid negligent conduct that would injure a health care provider while the patient is receiving medical care from that provider in a suit brought by a nurse who alleged that a patient injured her while she was helping him sit up (Kateri Streifel v. William R. Bulkley, No. AC 41239, Conn. App., 195 Conn. App. 294)....

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