Jun. 3, 2025
Appeals court denies City of Hope's challenge to compensation for COVID-era cardiac arrest injury
The 4th District Court of Appeal has upheld a decision awarding workers' compensation to Andrea Morris, a nurse who suffered cardiac arrest and permanent brain damage while working at City of Hope during the pandemic. Her attorneys say the case highlights institutional failure and sets precedent for workplace medical emergencies.
The 4th District California Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling requiring City of Hope to provide workers' compensation to a former nurse disabled by a medical emergency on the job.
Andrea Morris, a single mother of three and former marathon runner, was a registered nurse at City of Hope on May 14, 2020, when she had sudden cardiac arrest at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to court records, Morris' medical colleagues, including two nurses, two doct...
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