$2.4 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Evacuate Stomach Contents Before Lap Band Surgery

Vincent Minor was 28 years old when he underwent gastric bypass surgery. He developed an obstruction, which caused his stomach contents to back up above his lap band. During the surgery to remove the lap band, he began vomiting and aspirated vomit.

He later developed pneumonitis and acute respiratory distress syndrome and remained in a vegetative state until he passed away a month later. Minor was survived by his parents and two siblings.

The Minor family sued Dr. Joyce Hairston, the treating anesthesiologist, alleging that she had chosen not to place a nasogastric tube and failed to evacuate Minor’s stomach contents before intubating him. The lawsuit did not claim lost income.

After deliberating, the trial signed a verdict for $3.4 million for the wrongful death.

The attorneys successfully handling this lawsuit were William J. Atkins, Roderick E. Edmond and Brian Glass.

Bronley v. Hairston, No. CL-2017-2217 (Va. Cir. Ct. Fairfax County).

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