The spouse of a UCSF social worker who was killed in December by a patient at San Francisco General Hospital’s HIV clinic filed a lawsuit against the city Wednesday morning, alleging officials’ “unreasonable failure” to provide security at the hospital contributed to the man’s death.
Stuart Moulder, spouse of 51-year-old Alberto Rangel, is accusing city officials of negligence, breach of mandatory duties and dangerous conditions.
His lawsuit alleges city officials failed to provide desperately needed — and previously requested — security measures at a public hospital that has dealt with troubled and volatile patients, high rates of violent incidents, years of warnings by whistleblowers and sanctions by state regulators over dangerous conditions…