City of Hope will pay workers' comp to nurse after sudden cardiac arrest on the job 5 years ago

Nurse Andrea Morris nearly lost her life at work. Her catastrophic medical emergency left her quadriplegic, but City of Hope denied her claim for workers comp benefits until now. The California Court of Appeal denied the hospital’s petition, and it appears the hospital will abide by the appellate court decision.

It was during the first wave of the Covid pandemic when Andrea Morris’ life changed forever.

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She was working at the City of Hope Cancer Infusion Center in Upland when she told her supervisor she felt ill.

Within minutes, the athletic, active mother of 3 collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest. Her supervisor, who is also a nurse, recorded her emergency on her phone and called 911, mistakenly describing her car