Tuesday, July 28, 2009
No False Imprisonment for Forced Deportation
As the New York Times reports, a Florida jury found that a hospital did not act unreasonably when it chartered a plane and repatriated a severely brain injured illegal immigrant to Guatemala (after caring for the patient for 3 years at a cost of $1.5 million). Accordingly, the jury rejected the family's false imprisonment claim and found for the hospital.
- SBS
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tortsprof/2009/07/no-false-imprisonment-for-forced-deportation-.html