A University of Minnesota student is alleging staff at the Minneapolis school did nothing while she suffered from an almost-fatal sepsis infection for 16 hours on the bathroom floor in her residence.

Genevieve Lizotte filed a lawsuit against UMN and HART Radius, the owner of the off-campus apartment where she lived, alleging that the “defendants were negligent and breached their contract with Plaintiff, allowing her infection to spread and leaving her near death.”

In April 2023, Lizotte had “major knee surgery” and went back to her apartment building called Radius near UMN’s campus to recover.

“By April 23, Plaintiff had become very ill with infection from her surgery. She called the CA [community adviser] on duty at 2:30 am to report that she had had surgery, her knee was very red, she had fallen, could not get up, and that she needed water. ‘Please help me,’ Plaintiff begged,” the lawsuit states.

“The manager responded, ‘Well, when she wakes up, we need to go over the rules with Eve. She can’t just call CA at 2:30 am asking for water,'” the lawsuit states, adding that the residence director also allegedly said Lizotte would have to move out of the building because she had not signed a new contract.

Lizotte had eight different surgeries and spent eight weeks in the hospital due to the severity of her infection.

Genevieve Lizotte is suing UMN and HART Radius for $50,000 in damages after staff allegedly ignored her cries for help during a severe sepsis infection. (Instagram/@eve_lizotte)

Now, the student is arguing that the school and HART Radius breached their contracts, acted with negligence, and are therefore “vicariously liable and responsible for the negligent conduct that harmed Plaintiff.”

Lizotte is suing for $50,000 in damages.

Fox News Digital has reached out to attorneys representing UMN, HART Radius and Lizotte.