She briefly, from 1937 to 1938, was married to Stepin Fetchit. And she was the sister of Stretch Johnson. Winnie Johnson died in 1980 at NGH. She was also once married to Middleton H. Lambright, Jr., MD (1908–1999), the first African American physician to obtain full hospital privileges to practice medicine in Cleveland with the staffs of University Hospitals of Cleveland and Mount Sinai Hospital. Public policy and legal cases Elaine W. v. Joint Diseases North General Hospital, Inc., 1993 In 1989, three pregnant, drug-addicted women filed a class action suit against Joint Diseases North General Hospital, claiming that the hospital's policy of excluding all pregnant women from its drug detoxification program violated state human rights laws against sexual discrimination in reproductive health care. The hospital responded, arguing that its broad exclusion was medically justified, primarily because the hospital had neither the obstetricians, nor the equipment, nor the license needed to provide prenatal care. The New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, ruled that the policy did discriminate against pregnant women by treating them differently from others solely because they are pregnant. However, the court also ruled that the policy would be legally valid in situations where the hospital proved, after a trial, that (a) no pregnant woman could be treated safely in its drug detoxification program or (b) the hospital could not determine "within a reasonable medical certainty" which women could be treated safely. The court placed the burden of proof on the hospital. And, in proving it, the hospital had to adequately demonstrate that all prospective patients who were pregnant would face undue risk from a lack of on-site obstetrical services. Publications "An analysis of the factors that influence physicians in their choice of practice location, focusing on conditions and incentives which might encourage physicians to practice in inner-city areas," by Donald Meyers, et al. North General Hospital (1986); Pulse (magazine), published by North General Hospital; See also List of hospitals in New York City Harold P. Freeman portrait collection, New York Public Library; "Who's in Charge of Accountability? Board or Staff?" (audio), Speakers: John Kemp, United Cerebral Palsy; Livingston S. Francis, North General Hospital, Chesapeake Audio/Video Communications, Inc. (1993); An analysis of the factors that influence physicians in their choice of practice location, focusing on conditions and incentives which might encourage physicians to practice in inner-city areas," by Donald Meyers, North General Hospital (1986); References