The New York Daily News reports that a jury has rejected a construction worker's argument that a rectal exam he unwillingly underwent at a hospital emergency room was tantamount to assault and battery. The 38-year-old man was hit in the head with a 40-pound  piece of wood while working at a construction site, and was brought to New York Presbyterian Hospital. Attorneys for the hospital and for a physician also named as a defendant in the lawsuit successfully argued that rectal exams are a standard and necessary procedure in examining patients with possible spinal injuries. According to the New York Daily News, the Manhattan jury deliberated for only an hour before reaching its verdict.