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.
The funniest part of this story is learning that American hospitals have gift cards. What a joke of a healthcare system.
“Sir, we have a situation.”
“Open the gift card safe.”
“should we give him a $100 card?” “No no, that’s to much, he didn’t lose a limb or an organ, the $25 card should be just fine”
Madam? Madam, I need you to do 1 thing: Please drive to hospital and buy $1500 worth of gift cards, so we can make sure all the bad virus from your computer is cleaned, madam.
Ya know, I hadn’t even thought of that until I read your comment. Because there’s gift cards for damn near everything. But a ‘gift card’ for a hospital… That is weird.
The worst part is a $25 gift card wouldn’t even cover a lot of people’s co-pays.
I can only imagine the gift card is meant to be used for things like the cafeteria and perhaps the gift shop.
It won’t even cover a band-aid with these vultures.
Yeah. They really gotta get on those punch cards. 10 surgeries and the next one is free.
With a maximum out of pocket, the second surgery in a year is usually free. The hard part is paying off the first one.
What a scam. Show me 10 surgeries on a person still alive. I worry that’s reeeeally rare.
Probably every single person with knee problems.
So when my doctor’s office screwed up and made my appointments run hours late, they have given me local gas station gift cards ($10) so weird, but I didn’t say no.
Why would the gift card be for the hospital? Could have been a prepaid credit card just as easily.
And what the fuck is $25 going to buy you? I’ve seen their bills. You wouldn’t even get a Hello Kitty sticky plaster for that.