Tim Sulolli
We retained three medical experts, one of whom is a medical director of the pediatric critical care center [at UCLA], to review the case.
Southfield, MI (PRWEB) July 01, 2014
The Michigan medical malpractice lawyers of Goodman Acker, P.C., recently filed a lawsuit in Montcalm County Circuit Court (Case No. 12-H-16684 NH; Judge Hon. David A Hoort) against Carson City Hospital for the alleged wrongful death of a seven-year-old boy, Dakota Rudy.
Goodman Acker is representing the family against the hospital, alleging that the hospital’s negligence was the cause of the child’s death.
Dakota Rudy was taken by EMS to Carson City Hospital after he came to a near-drowning experience in his bathtub, the lawsuit claims. By the time EMS arrived at the Rudy home, the child was breathing and appeared to be OK. However, as a precaution the mother, Shannon Rudy, let emergency crews take him to the hospital, the complaint alleges.
The lawsuit further alleges: On the way to the hospital, Dakota began to panic, and his oxygen levels started to deplete. A doctor and some nurses began to administer drugs to stop Dakota’s breathing, but they allegedly failed to properly open his airway while intubating him. As a result, they had to replace it with a second tube.
The child was then airlifted to Helen Devos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, where a nurse allegedly claimed the boy was not getting any oxygen, the suit claims. Dakota was pronounced dead the following day.
The Michigan medical malpractice lawyers have filed the lawsuit on the alleged basis that Carson City Hospital and its staff were negligent in their failure to properly open Dakota’s airwaves so that he was able to get oxygen and breathe, leading to his death.
“We retained three medical experts, one of whom is a medical director of the pediatric critical care center [at UCLA], to review the case,” said Tim Sulolli, a medical malpractice attorney at Goodman Acker, P.C., representing the family.
The medical malpractice lawsuit seeks damages for the family, including its pain and suffering. No trial date has been set by the court. The lawsuit is currently undergoing case evaluations at this time.
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