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Dr. Wlodzko was found guilty of false imprisonment and assault and battery in the case of Stowers versus Wlodzko. The patient was wrongfully held against her will without any means of communication. She was denied the opportunity to contact her family or an attorney for release. During her hospitalization, she was forcibly injected with medications she wanted to refuse. This violated her rights and led to the defendant's conviction. So the verdict that was placed in the case of Stowers versus Wlodzko was that the defendant, Dr. Wlodzko was found guilty of false imprisonment and assault and battery. The patient should never have been held against her will without any means of communication with the outside world. She attempted multiple times to be able to reach out to her family or an attorney to gain release from the institution and she was denied that, which is a civil wrong, which was the tort that was apparent during this trial. She was not allowed to gain her release and that is why the defendant was found guilty of false imprisonment and then assault and battery during her hospitalization by the nurses and an attendant, the patient was held down and forcibly injected with medications that she wanted to refuse. This again is a breach of the patient's rights, which is why they were able to place blame on the defendant because he ordered medications to be forcibly given whenever the patient refused.