Bad Discharge Followed by Improper Heart Monitoring Response

Recovery for adult children of a 64-year-old man who was discharged prematurely from the hospital after suffering a likely cardiac event. The physician placed the patient on a portable heart monitor, which he believed would catch any abnormalities, rather than keeping the man in the hospital. Hours after the discharge, the heart monitor showed a treatable but life-threatening arrhythmia that the heart monitoring company did not address properly, leaving the man to die in his home moments after a phone call. The case was litigated vigorously over six years including a discovery complaint and over a dozen depositions, settling fully only a couple of months prior to trial.