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RODRIGUEZ v. LASTING HOPE RECOVERY CENTER

No. S-19-1116.

955 N.W.2d 707 (2021)

308 Neb. 538

Angela RODRIGUEZ and Adan Rodriguez, Special Administrators of the Estate of Melissa Rodriguez, appellants, v. LASTING HOPE RECOVERY CENTER OF CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES, formerly known as Lasting Hope Recovery Center of Alegent Creighton Health, et al., appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed March 5, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian E. Jorde , of Domina Law Group, P.C., L.L.O., for appellants.

Cathy S. Trent-Vilim , Denise M. Destache , and Patrick G. Vipond , of Lamson, Dugan & Murray, L.L.P., Omaha, for appellee Lasting Hope Recovery Center of Catholic Health Initiatives.

Mary M. Schott and Joseph S. Daly , of Evans & Dixon, L.L.C., Omaha, for appellee UNMC Physicians.

Heavican, C.J., Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, Papik, and Freudenberg, JJ.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a tort action brought to recover damages for the wrongful death of Melissa Rodriguez, who was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Mikael Loyd. Loyd was a patient for 6 days at Lasting Hope Recovery Center (Lasting Hope), a mental health care facility in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was treated by Dr. Jeana Benton...

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