During the echocardiogram, the boy tragically went into cardiac arrest and died. They found a boy in shock that has progressed to acidosis. He was transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit at Children’s Hospital (by all accounts a good hospital). Bad documentation for his treatment, one of the nurses gave him the wrong saline to treat his dehydration, and so forth. I have no idea if these errors caused the boy’s death, but they were screwing things up left a right. Continued symptoms bring him to the emergency room, where clearly a bunch of errors occurred. Quick factual summary in this tragic case: A 5-year-old boy is diagnosed with an ear infection. Last week, the Ninth District Ohio Court of Appeals flipped a malpractice defense verdict, finding that the trial judge provided flawed standard of care jury instructions. Suddenly, Ohio is the new go-to source for interesting appellate opinions. You know, I don’t like this guy being able to file a lawsuit in Florida and I also would not like it if he could not bring a claim if that makes any sense. citizen when they put themselves in harm’s way in the first place… But, a lawsuit filed in Florida by someone who is not a U.S. I think the cruise line did something bad here and should be made to pay for it. The guys – two of them sadly perished – were out on a fishing boat, probably with a bad engine, no tools, and apparently little navigational experience. That said, the lawsuit is a little disconcerting (at least to me). Still, and maybe correctly, Vasquez’ lawsuit frames it more harshly: Princess “had clear knowledge that people were stranded in an open boat hundreds of miles from shore in the Pacific Ocean and desperately calling for their help” but they “consciously ignored the emergency situation and did not deviate from their cruise.” In fact, Princess contends that the captain never knew. But apparently, the communication on the ship was poor, so by the time the news reached the powers that be, they were too far past and did not turn back. The ship knew Vasquez was there they were told by passengers someone was down there. How does this make sense? Well, first the law of the seas is that you have to stop and help someone in distress. Vasquez’ lawsuit alleges that a Princess Cruise ship saw him and should have stopped. Why? Did they cause him to fall off his boat? No. Adrian Vasquez, an 18-year-old Panamanian fisherman who pulled a Louis Zamperini by surviving 28 days at sea before being rescued by the Ecuadorian navy, has filed a lawsuit in Florida against Princess Cruise Lines
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