Daughter Sues Hospital for 'Assault, Battery, and False Imprisonment' of Kidney Patient Father

Photo: Hughie Robinson Facebook

The tragic events unfolded when Robinson’s scheduled kidney transplant failed to occur and he was sent home from the hospital, the newspaper said.

Soon after, hospital staff realized that Robinson had forgotten his wallet and asked him to return and park at a specified garage on Euclid and Forest Park avenue as opposed to his regular parking spot on Kingshighway.

After he collected his wallet, however, Robinson accidentally headed to Kingshighway garage and became disoriented, the newspaper continued.

Hughie Robinson Facebook

“Barnes kept Hughie handcuffed in an interrogation chamber in the basement of the hospital. In this windowless room, one of the Barnes guards, a tall, heavy-set man with a buzz cut, smashed Hughie’s head into the wall with his forearm,“Newsweekadded.

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“It traumatized him,” Chelsea toldNewsweekMonday about the arrest.“I’ve always known him as the tough cookie, you know, he’s the man of the house. Of course, he would push and keep moving on. But you know, I’m his daughter — you know those things. You can tell when the person you care about the most is sad.”

Sadly, Robinson succumbed to his health condition after he started his legal action for assault, battery, and false imprisonment. Chelsea will now represent him in the lawsuit against the hospital.

A spokesperson from Barnes-Jewish Hospital did not immediately reply to PEOPLE.

source: people.com