CRAFT v. STATE EX REL. WYO. DEPT. OF HEALTH

S-19-0191.

465 P.3d 395 (2020)

2020 WY 70

Robert J. CRAFT and Sabrina Craft, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert James Anderson, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. STATE of Wyoming EX REL., WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; Wyoming State Hospital; Thomas O. Forslund, individually and in his official capacity as Director of the Wyoming Department of Health; Richard Dunkley, individually and in his official capacity as Administrator of the Wyoming State Hospital; David Carrington, M.D.; Sarah J. Rogers, Ph.D.; James Fleenor, PMHNP-BC; Martha Mueller, FNP-BC; Sara Young, RN; Xandrea Vrooman; Steve Billman; Michael Saxton; Lidia Garcia; Edgar Hernandez-Bautista; Antoinette "Shelby" Hutcherson; Renita Hurdsman; Giovanni Cerda; Paul Mullenax; Bill Sexton; Jennifer Schmidt-Arroyo; Jennifer Alexander and Spencer Kimble, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants: Deborah Ford Mincer , Cheyenne, Wyoming. Argument by Ms. Mincer.

Representing Appellees State of Wyoming ex rel. Wyoming Dep't of Health; Wyoming State Hospital; Thomas O. Forslund; Richard Dunkley; David Carrington, M.D.; Sarah J. Rogers, Ph.D.; James Fleenor, PMHNP-BC; Sara Young, RN; Xandrea Vrooman; Steve Billman; Michael Saxton; Lidia Garcia; Edgar Hernandez-Bautista; Antoinette "Shelby" Hutcherson; Giovanni Cerda; Paul Mullenax; Bill Sexton; Jennifer Schmidt-Arroyo; Jennifer Alexander; Spencer Kimble: Bridget L. Hill , Wyoming Attorney General; Misha Westby , Deputy Attorney General; Amy A. Pauli , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Maddisen L. Gorman , Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Pauli.

Representing Appellee Martha Mueller, FNP-BC: Mark Collier and Kendra Beckwith of Messner Reeves LLP, Denver, Colorado. Argument by Ms. Beckwith.

Representing Appellee Renita Hurdsman: Amanda Hunkins Newton of Crowley Fleck, PLLP, Cheyenne, Wyoming.*

Before DAVIS, C.J., and FOX, KAUTZ, and GRAY, JJ., and PEASLEY, D.J.


[¶1] On June 13, 2015, Robert Anderson died while in the custody of the Wyoming State Hospital ("Hospital"). Prior to his death, Mr. Anderson had been adopted by his since deceased paternal grandmother. On June 5, 2018, Robert Craft and Sabrina Craft filed suit against the...

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