L3thal Veteran Posted July 8, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2005 LOS ANGELES - A California woman is suing a hospital for wrongful death because her husband fainted and suffered a fatal injury after helping delivery room staff give her a pain-killing injection.Jeanette Passalaqua, 32, filed the suit against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Southern California Permanente Medical Group Inc. in San Bernardino County state court last week. In June 2004, Passalaqua?s husband, Steven Passalaqua, was asked by Kaiser staff to hold and steady his wife while an employee inserted an epidural needle into her back, court papers said. The sight of the needle caused Steven Passalaqua, 33, to faint and he fell backward, striking his head on an aluminum cap molding at the base of the wall. Jeanette Passalaqua delivered the couple?s second child, a boy, later that day. Steven Passalaqua, however, suffered a brain hemorrhage as a result of his fall and died two days later, the lawsuit said. The suit seeks unspecified damages related to Steven Passalaqua?s death and to Jeanette Passalaqua?s emotional distress at being widowed with two young children. Because Passalaqua was solicited by Kaiser to assist in the epidural, the lawsuit said, the hospital ?owed him a duty to exercise reasonable care to prevent foreseeable injuries resulting from his participation.? A spokesman for Oakland, California-based Kaiser Permanente called the death ?a tragic accident.? ?Some of the allegations in the lawsuit are simply that --allegations. The legal process is under way and we should respect that,? said Kaiser spokesman Jim Anderson. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Atlantis Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 You can't sue the hospital for that, what they asked for was in good nature, they didn't ensure he stared at the bloody needle entering her. Merely looking in her eyes and holding her hand would've prevented it. Although, I must say. On a sad note, this is a really unexpected and unfortunate mis-hap. I really do feel for her. Especially when it comes to discussing the death of her husband; 'So, how did your husband pass away?'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted July 8, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2005 Can you imagine what she will tell her second child about her father's fatal accident? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb815 Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Wow, that sucks for her. I don't think she'll get anywhere with this lawsuit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaulz Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 That's pretty sad, but to sue for something like that just exacerbates the issue. I can, however, totally understand passing out after seeing that. I thank God my wife didn't need one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderRomeo Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 I'm sorry but it seems to me sue can't sue just based on the fact they "asked" they didnt demand or anything but they "asked" he did it out of free will. It's not there fault he fainted & fell........I'm deeply saddened by what happened but I dont see how they are really at fault. -Romeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejohnnyq Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Hospitals in Cincy area have a policy that Husbands/Coaches do not see the anything that might cause them to faint. It is at the doctors discretion, most of the time they make you sit down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirk26 Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Lawsuits, lawsuits, lawsuits....I'm sick and tired of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ficman Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Dude's just 1 look at that needle was enough to about make up passout, I couldn't watch it... :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy2004 Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 sounds like something out of a "dead like me episode" ! :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y0sh Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 That sucks, but at least the child isn't a bast'ard fake edit: I'm trying to use that word legitimately, and it blocks it. Psh.. typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted July 8, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2005 Lawsuits, lawsuits, lawsuits....I'm sick and tired of it. 586181969[/snapback] that's usa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1g1talMan Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 'So, how did your husband pass away?'. 586181800[/snapback] "Kids, your dad was a total pansey and died at the sight of a needle." Granted, needles make me a little squirmish. But that lady is just plain dumb. And to final cut, before your opinion on the USA is shaped entirely on what you see in the news, most of the cases like these are thrown out. The media ruckus comes from the absurdity of the cases being filed in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cq_ Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 the husband probably did not have life insurance and she is trying to get compensation by any means necessary... If he did have no life insurance, I think Kaiser should at least give some compensation, 100-200k perhaps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 the husband probably did not have life insurance and she is trying to get compensation by any means necessary... If he did have no life insurance, I think Kaiser should at least give some compensation, 100-200k perhaps... 586182424[/snapback] So the hospital should pay because the husband made poor choices in his life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted July 8, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2005 At the risk of being in really bad, bad taste... 'So, how did your husband pass away?'. 586181800[/snapback] He died during childbirth. Can you imagine what she will tell her second child about her father's fatal accident? :/ 586181810[/snapback] That it was a fetal accident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kak Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 At the risk of being in really bad, bad taste...He died during childbirth. That it was a fetal accident? 586182930[/snapback] Don't worry, I was thinking that too. Its the irony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiveMasterT Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 At the risk of being in really bad, bad taste...He died during childbirth. 586182930[/snapback] I almost spit soda all over my screen.... ROFL. Seriously though, it is really sad. Thats why Ima keep my ass out of there while they do stuff like that.... not that I'm grossed out or faint at the sight of that sort of stuff, it's more like a precaution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 If you had a phobia about needles (if he did), would you go in the delivery room to watch the birth? Surely the sight of childbirth would be worse than seeing a needle. Had a good chuckle at Fred666's post. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostShell Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Wow that's sad. Very unfortunate. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted July 8, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2005 unless he was forced to do it (which he wasn't) there really is no case here. unfortunate? yes. but thats just the way the dice roll sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerus Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Can you imagine what she will tell her second child about her father's fatal accident? :/ 586181810[/snapback] :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necrominion Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Wuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachleen Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 thats so bull, you cant possible sue for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Wow...just a bad case of everything gone terribly wrong. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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