Nurse That Was Arrested For Doing Her Job Receive’s Settlement
Written by Andre on November 3, 2017
You remember the nurse in Utah that wouldn’t let the police draw blood from a patient who was unconscious and got arrested for it?! Well Alex Wubbels, the nurse settled with the University of Utah and the Salt Lake City police department for half a million!
Wubbles will not file a legal law suit but has settled, the city will pay $250,000 and the school will pay the other $250,000.
Oh and the officer involved in the incident, Detective Jeff L. Payne was fired the police department and from his part-time gig as a paramedic.
The patient passed away a couple months after the incident at the hospital.
Wubbles said she will donate some of the settlement money to a new campaign that will help residents in Utah get the body camera footage of any interaction involving them and police for free.
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