Overview
- Plaintiffs’ attorneys filed four additional civil cases Wednesday, bringing lawsuits against DMC Sinai‑Grace and former nurse Wilfredo Figueroa‑Berrios to seven.
- One new complaint from a nurse whistleblower alleges she was fired after reporting a patient’s assault, claiming violations of Michigan’s Whistleblower Protection Act.
- Another suit from a colleague accuses Figueroa‑Berrios of assaulting her in a porta‑john during a hospital‑endorsed outing in downtown Detroit.
- Sinai‑Grace says it alerted police, suspended and terminated the nurse, denies retaliation, and notes he was not its employee in 2016 or 2020.
- Figueroa‑Berrios was bound over for trial on four third‑degree and three fourth‑degree criminal sexual conduct counts, remains jailed, and has a hearing Friday as attorneys say they are probing nearly a dozen more potential cases.