Munster Medical Research Foundation, Inc. v. Patricia Hintz

── Munster Medical Research Foundation, Inc. v. Patricia Hintz ── Case No.: 23A-CT-00485 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: October 03, 2023 Author: Judge Paul Mathias County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Vaidik and Judge Pyle concur MMRF owns and operates Community Hospital in Munster. On August 9, 2022, Hintz’s mother, Betty, was a patient there. On that date, Alfred Peacock was an ultrasound technologist working at the hospital. In the course of Betty’s medical treatment, Peacock was instructed to perform an ultrasound on Betty, who was in one of two beds in a shared hospital room. Peacock plugged in a portable ultrasound machine into an outlet “[a]t the head of the bed.” Tr. Vol. 1, p. 216. The machine was located at the foot of Betty’s bed.