Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Is it a crime for a nurse to bully and purposely and violently pull a pillow from an elderly patient while patient is laying down and had he...

Question

Is it a crime for a nurse to bully and purposely and violently pull a pillow from an elderly patient while patient is laying down and had head on the pillow? Is that assault? battery?



Answer

It could qualify as a battery, but whether it does will depend on additional facts.



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