Neb. city fights $350,000 award to nurse
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Nov 1, 2011 at 3:06 PM CDT
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Nov 1, 2011 at 3:06 PM CDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ The city of Bellevue is asking the Nebraska
Supreme Court to throw out an order for it to pay $350,000 in
damages to a nurse attacked by a mentally ill man left at a
hospital by Bellevue police.
Police took the 19-year-old man from his apartment on July 4,
2007, over concerns about his mental health. Officers took him to
Alegent Health's Midlands Hospital in Papillion, where he later
attacked nurse Jan Ginapp, leaving her with permanent eye damage.
The city says a lower court judge erred in finding that its
police officers were negligent in leaving the man at a local
hospital.
But Ginapp says the city should have protected her from someone
police believed to be dangerous.
The state's high court is set to hear arguments Wednesday.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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