Attorney
- Carol Forte
Spring 1997
Following
gastric bypass surgery, a 56 year old overweight man began to
experience respiratory difficulty in the recovery room. Instead
of ordering a tracheotomy to be preformed, the anesthesiologist
tried to insert a tube into his throat for over an hour without
anesthesia because she was afraid to put him to sleep.
As a result
of the improper delay, the man died of cardiac arrest. Blume Goldfaden
Principal Carol Forte settled the case against the hospital and
the anesthesiologist for $ 1.1 million. |