Hospital Settles when Elderly Patient Pulls Out Her Tracheotomy and Dies
Nursing Home Wrongful Death Case Summary:
Amount: $220,000Court:Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
Date: August 2001
Plaintiff's Counsel: Jonathan D. Mester
Description: Nursing Home Wrongful Death
Plaintiff’s decedent was in a ventilator unit, weaning from a ventilator. On her 28th day, she pulled out her tracheotomy and died 4 days later. Plaintiff alleged plaintiff’s decedent should have been restrained and connected to an alarm.
