In a world where health is the pinnacle of our well-being we
place our lives in the hands of highly educated doctors and nurses in hopes
that they have the best in mind for us as patients. We as humans spend a lot of
time receiving check-ups, vaccinations, and other miscellaneous treatment from
medical professionals so that we may maintain a clean bill of health.
Patients who put their trust in Legacy Good Samaritan
Medical Center, believed they were receiving the same proper treatment that
everyone else was receiving. This medical center did live up to, nor operate at
the level of standards that is expected of such an institution.
Often times hospitals confuse themselves as a business, where
the only goal is to see as many patients as possible. It is in this confusion
that Medical Centers lose sight of the actual reason for their existence, which
is to serve the rights of the people that are seeking their service. When these
blurred lines occur patients are often overlooked and people begin to slip
through the cracks of the health care system.
A nurse by the name
of Linda Boly began to notice this change of outlook by her management as they
urged her to only spend a certain amount of time with each patient. Ms. Boly
was written up three times because she failed to follow Legacy Good Samaritan’s
patient quota policy.
Ms. Boly believed it was her duty to her patients to provide
the upmost quality of care possible. This expected level of care put Linda Boly
in a tough position, as she had to choose between the people signing her
paycheck or the people putting their lives in
her hands. Ms. Boly withstood the pressure from her employers and chose the
latter of the two.
Unfortunately, Ms. Boly an employee at Legacy Good Samaritan
for 34 years paid the price for her decision as she was terminated for
complaining about the Medical Center’s care policies.
Linda Boly did the best to fight for the rights of her
patients, but now she was left to fight a battle of her own against the ones
responsible for her termination. Michael Seidl represented Ms. Boly throughout
the case, and together their collective efforts to right the wrongs done by
Legacy Good Samaritan did not go unnoticed.
The jury-trial for this case lasted just over two weeks.
Rightfully, Linda Boly was awarded just over $3 million by a jury verdict.
Linda Boly was the only one to stand up for what she
believed was right. She sought to perform her duties as a nurse to best of her
abilities and because of this she was terminated, but she did not stop
fighting.
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