Florida nurse registry companies are exempt from liability [Video]

ORANGE PARK, Fla. — Nurse registries are businesses that provide nurses to care for elderly or disabled clients in their own homes.

They do background screenings, arrange schedules, pay nurses, and accept payments.

But the I-Team has learned if something goes wrong, the companies aren’t liable under Florida law.

“We felt like they had the resources”

“I had a spinal cord injury from a jet ski accident in 2002,” said Christy Corum of Orange Park, FL.

She says that injury left her paralyzed from the chest down.

“I’ve always had to be dependent on people since my injury. And you want to be able to know that you can trust the people that are there to help you,” Christy said.

Christy and her family hired a nurse from River City Home Health to help her with daily living tasks.

“We were told about this company and them being an agency, we felt that they had the resources, they had the people,” said Kenneth Corum, Christy’s father. 

The company is …