Allred to Aid Appeal in Nursing Home Rape Case
Standing at the bedside of a brain-damaged woman who was raped in a nursing home, feminist attorney Gloria Allred announced Tuesday that she will file a brief to support the appeal of a judge’s decision that bars the woman from collecting $7.5 million awarded her by a civil court jury.
Last week, San Fernando Superior Court Judge David M. Schacter set aside the award to Andrea Nerpel, a 39-year-old accident victim who was raped in 1982 while a patient at the Laurelwood Convalescent Hospital in North Hollywood. Nerpel became pregnant, had an abortion and was later sterilized.
Schacter said Nerpel’s attorney, Alan J. Schultz, offered no evidence during the trial to prove that Nerpel suffered damage from the incident.
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