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U.S. District Court in Virginia rules hospital fall ­prevention policies, training materials, and policy documents are discoverable

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia granted a plaintiff's motion to compel discovery of a hospital's fall prevention policies, training ­materials, and incident reports after a patient fell while his bed ­sensor was turned off and suffered injuries that caused his death later that same day.

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