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Lawsuit: Ellis Hospital negligent as patient ran amok with scissors


Lawsuit: Ellis Hospital negligent as patient ran amok with scissors
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Exterior of Ellis Hospital on Wednesday, Tuesday, April 29, 2020 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
SCHENECTADY – A former nursing student at Ellis Hospital who was stabbed in the neck during a rampage by a scissors-wielding patient last year is suing the medical facility in state Supreme Court, claiming negligence.
Cassidy Taranto, who filed the legal action against Ellis Hospital and its security, contends the two failed to act to prevent the patient, Ian U. Castaldo, who at the time was 27, from attacking a technician,  and using a scissors to stab Taranto and two nurses. All survived.  ....

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