The lead singer of the Four Tops said a Detroit-area hospital restrained him and ordered a psychological exam after refusing to believe that he was part of the Motown music group.
Alexander Morris, who is Black, filed a lawsuit Monday against Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren, alleging racial discrimination and other misconduct during an April 2023 visit for chest pain and breathing problems.
Hospital staff “wrongfully assumed he was mentally ill when he revealed his identity as a celebrity figure,” the lawsuit says.
Morris is not an original member, but he joined the group in 2019.
The lawsuit says a nurse finally believed Morris was in the Four Tops and the psychological exam was canceled.
The hospital offered a $25 gift card as an apology, but Morris refused to accept it, the lawsuit says.
Just realized he got restrained. You’re not gonna get restrained just for a psych exam. He was definitely doing something - getting hostile, threatening the staff maybe. It depends on the documentation and these hospitals know how to protect themselves. Use of restraints REQUIRES justification; it’s drilled into all the staff. He’s got no shot
The hospital offered a $25 gift card as an apology
The cherry on top.
The thing about suing for damages, which is what I assume hell sue for, is that your payout is based on their value. And hospitals are “worth nothing” on paper. In the US.
So… He should probably take it.
I mean I’m kidding, he can probably afford a good lawyer and get something done here. But, you or me? Take that shit.
The funniest part of this story is learning that American hospitals have gift cards. What a joke of a healthcare system.
Why would the gift card be for the hospital? Could have been a prepaid credit card just as easily.
I argued like a couple having a fight with a psychiatrist about me being autistic when I was hospitalized once. We had a literal antagonized fight over me being autistic in front of two other doctors. She raised her voice at and wouldn’t believe me even though I told her I had been diagnosed by a psychologist that administered the ADOS, have seen said psychologist for months, my friends that are psychologists are confident I’m autistic, and that I was in special ed classes since 4th grade. I was seeking absolutely nothing related to it; I just happened to mention it in passing when I said I didn’t like sleeping at the hospital and missed my bed.
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This became the psychiatrist’s last stand against Big Autism. She wasn’t going to let a patient undermine her absolute authority by them giving her information that she needed to have a thorough understanding of the case. Who do I think I am to know and have an opinion about my entire life and well-being?? As soon as I got home, I threw her prescription in the trash.
I worry about all the other vulnerable patients that she treats and dont have the mental strength to stand up to her, just getting drugged up for whatever would validate her need for control over others.
Bonus: When I was receiving the discharge brief, she raised her voice at and put down a nurse that asked a question about my discharge instructions. Everyone’s faces in the room were straight blank like this 😐. I guess they were used to her abuse.
I had a ER guy fight me on me knowing what kidneys are, and if I’m having kidney pain or not. I have really bad memory loss so I was all kinds of flustered, eventually I remember that I didn’t diagnose myself, a doctor did! A doctor told me it was kidney pain. That fucking weasel wouldn’t listen to me for anything. Then he eventually agreed after seeing xrays, sent me to a kidney specialist, and she looked at both doctors diagnosis and said ‘‘these guys are idiots… see the L the xray tech typed in next to your kidney with the dark spot, yeah that’s the Left kidney, your pain is behind your right kidney, The left has never hurt, correct?’’ She was correct. Turns out I had referred pain from a spinal issue. She figured it out because I was sitting weird, and she was like, why do you sit like that? ‘‘Oh, the pain goes away when I sit like this, but it comes back when I stand up’’. ‘‘yeah that’s a spinal issue, kidney pain doesn’t present that way at all.’’ So basically, some doctors suck at bedside manner AND being a doctor.
That’s someone who needs to be brought before the state medical board. I hope you filed a complaint!
It’s never too late to file a complaint. I’m sorry you went through that, but please help others that come after you.
Americans may pay significantly more for healthcare, but at least the quality of care is terrible.
Anything else would be Communism, which is bad for some reason.
So nobody looks at him and says hey let me just Google this guy.
I just checked the Four Tops Wikipedia article, and the line that lists him as a current member of the group has a citation referencing a NY Times article from today about the same hospital incident/lawsuit filing, LOL.
I mean claiming he was a celebrity pretty much did prove he was mentally ill because he’s not one though?
