article_snippet: Jurors ruled in favor of Rapid City Regional Hospital on Friday after five hours of deliberation.
article_snippet: The Rapid City Journal reports that the 71-year-old sued a South Dakota Hospital for alleged violations of civil rights, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
article_snippet: Chase Iron Eyes, a lawyer for Vern Traversie's, filed a lawsuit in a U.S. District Court in South Dakota against Rapid City Regional Hospital, Chase Iron Eyes, a lawyer for Traversie board of directors, physicians and
article_snippet: TRS Surg Assist Inc. The lawsuit alleged a civil rights violation based on race and cites the scarring from Vern Traversie's's double-bypass surgery done in August 2011 as evidence.
article_snippet: TRS Surg Assist Inc. The lawsuit stated.
article_snippet: Tim Sughrue, chief executive of Rapid City Regional Hospital, said in a statement that Rapid City Regional Hospital will 'vigorously defend this claim'. '
article_snippet: We at Rapid City Regional Hospital are confident the care We provide meets or exceeds standards of care and is without bias or consideration of race, religion, color, age, sex, disability, national origin, or any other classification protected by law,' he said. '