Sleep apnea patient dies from anoxic brain injury following surgery - $2,000,000 settlement
Several hours after undergoing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the patient, a 33 year old man, who suffered from sleep apnea, was found apneic, with his CPAP not affixed to his face. The patient was unable to be resuscitated and ultimately died. The plaintiff’s allegations included, among other things, failure to provide proper post surgical care to a sleep apnea patient, failure to adequately monitor the patient, and failure to timely and adequately resuscitate the patient.
Case was settled for $2 million (with a medical malpractice cap in Virginia of $2 million).
Irv Cantor and Stephanie Grana represented the plaintiff.
