Guard hit by car at Indiana hospital wins appeal in negligence case

An Indiana appeals court has revived a security guard's negligence case against Indiana University Health (IU Health) after he was struck by a car outside a hospital in Indianapolis in 2017. Paul McGann was injured when two suspected phone thieves drove into him while fleeing the hospital parking lot. He had accused the hospital of failing to install or maintain speed bumps and barricades that could have prevented vehicles from hitting pedestrians. On November 6, the court overturned a lower court's decision in favour of the hospital and sent the case back for further proceedings.According to details of the case available on Justia, the incident took place on August 9, 2017, at IU Health Methodist Hospital. McGann, who was a police officer, was working off-duty as a security guard at the hospital. He was employed through Calvert Asset & Property Protection, a subcontractor of the security company hired by IU Health.The trouble began when a woman reported that two people had stolen her phone in the hospital's emergency department parking lot. Hospital police officers reached the spot and approached the suspects as their car was pulling out of a parking space.The officers asked them to stop and questioned them about the stolen phone. McGann also arrived at the scene and stood in front of their car.