WYOMING STATE HOSP. v. ROMINE

S-20-0079, S-20-0092.

483 P.3d 840 (2021)

2021 WY 47

WYOMING STATE HOSPITAL and State of Wyoming, Petitioners, v. Mary ROMINE and Donald Romine, as Guardians and Conservators for and on behalf of Justina Case, their ward, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Bridget Hill , Wyoming Attorney General; Ewa Dawson , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Adrian Kowalski , Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Mr. Kowalski.

Representing Appellee: James E. Fitzgerald and Michael J. Fitzgerald , The Fitzgerald Law Firm, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Michael J. Fitzgerald .

Before DAVIS, C.J., and FOX, KAUTZ, BOOMGAARDEN, and GRAY, JJ.


[¶1] Justina Case was sexually assaulted by a certified nursing assistant (CNA) while a patient at the Wyoming State Hospital (Hospital). Her parents, Donald and Mary Romine, sued the Hospital1 asserting various claims of negligence under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act, Wyo. Stat. Ann. §...

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