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Friday, October 16, 2026

Hospitals Can Be Liable for Employees' Sexual Misconduct, Appellate Court Says | The Recorder - Law.com

A hospital can be held financially liable for the actions of an employee who sexually abused two patients, a state appeals court held Tuesday.

The Second District Court of Appeal found that a jury had sufficient evidence to conclude that a worker at Aurora Vista Del Mar, a Ventura County psychiatric hospital, was acting within the scope of his employment when he committed sexual acts with two elderly patients in 2013.

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