'No African American Nurses' Note Spurs Outrage -- And A Lawsuit

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African American nurse's lawsuit: The note that sparked it.
African American nurse's lawsuit: The note that sparked it.

By Sydney Lupkin

A Michigan hospital is under fire after a lawsuit claims it fulfilled a father's request to have no black nurses look after his baby in the neonatal intensive care unit last fall.

A black nurse sued Hurley Medical Center for discrimination and violation of the state civil rights act after the nurse manager reassigned her because of the man's request for no black nurses, according to the complaint.

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