Patient Sues Greenwich Hospital For Alleged Assault: Lawsuit

GREENWICH, CT—A former Greenwich Hospital patient is suing the hospital and alleging that a security guard assaulted him before he was involuntarily committed.

Sean Byrne was taken to the emergency unit of the hospital March 19 for a cortisol imbalance that was caused by a brain injury, according to the lawsuit filed in Stamford Superior Court.

Byrne alleges in the lawsuit that he went to close a door to privately explain a young woman's options after he overheard her talking about wanting to leave hospital against medical staff wishes.

The security guard then threw him against a wall and then the floor, according to the lawsuit.

Byrne also alleges that the hospital tried to conceal the incident by attempting to involuntarily commit him to the inpatient psychiatric unit.

The incident left Byrne with a chest crush injury, hand crush injury, PTSD from being committed for five days, aggravation of a previous brain injury, according to the lawsuit.

Byrne was charged with disorderly conduct by police for the incident.

A Greenwich Hospital spokeswoman told Greenwich Time that the legal team at the hospital hasn't reviewed the lawsuit yet.

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