Gothamist: Neglected Patient's Family Plans $25 Million Lawsuit

laurentenney

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:38:24 -0500

VIGIL FOR MS. GREEN 7/25/06 FOR DETAILS www.theopalproject.org/vigil/html. WE THE PEOPLE ###

nik13

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:59:33 -0500

So, some Jamaicans are getting a free vacations in NYC. I bet a few will decide to stay behind, despite having a paid for trip home. Eventually, they all will sue city over something. No Snoopy. It's Haiti lite.

NannyState

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:58:33 -0500

They need to amend the tort laws in New york State so that you cannot put any face amount on a lawsuit. Just sue for negligence and wrongful death and let a jury decide the compensatory and punitive damages. This just looks greedy and crass and it's got LAWYER written all over it.

Snoopy

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:48:38 -0500

Zimbabawe.

babyhitler

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:45:24 -0500

Tecia Harrison said, "What I want is justice". Replace "Justice" with "money" and this story makes sense.

Dr Pigeon

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:34:00 -0500

Why was it considered in poor taste for Geraldo Rivera to show pictures of the dead model and yet we're all okay with every news source across the city featuring these photos? Are we allowing this indecency because she is mentally ill?

Georgina

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:36:53 -0500

This poor woman had a background of mental illness, but was all alone in NY while supporting family in Jamaica. No one in her family was concerned enough to ask her to quit working, come back home, take it easy, poor mother. The hospital staff should be held accountable, but suing for $25 million, how is that getting justice? They'll get $2.5 million, the lawyers will take their per-hour chunk, and they'll end up with $750,000. Bet.

MT

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:32:34 -0500

Jeez. I missed a part of the story. Isn't that why we ask questions?

GM

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:27:30 -0500

The evidence that anyone is criminal is not necessarily there. This women was obviously pretty ill to be sitting there and then fall unconscious and die. There's a big gray area whether or not anyone is criminally negligible, as all the people who witnessed her were not doctors. They ought to be all fired for sure. If someone gets into a car accident on the side of the road and you drive by and ignore it, unless you are a doctor, you cannot be charged.

likesrudylikesbooty

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:17:52 -0500

"Although the event is tragic 25 mil seems excessive. Was that amount calculated by lost future income?" I'm guessing it would be mostly punitive damages, The evidence is pretty damning for a slam dunk case. Watching the local news, it seems the usual cast of lawyer characters have already lined up for this one.

brooklyngeorge

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:13:39 -0500

#5, I'm not sure how many "cars and iphones and stuff" you can actually buy after the attorneys take their share of the final amount.

robingee

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:03:09 -0500

Don't say "should of" it's "should have." Also sue that worthless lady in beige on the bottom left.

JRod5417

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:59:23 -0500

That's because they were in Jamaica, MT. ;-P Seriously though, even if the kids were not in the picture, anyone in their right mind would sue the City and the Hospital for the criminal and negligent acts in not only failing to render medical treatment to this poor woman who was clearly in distress, but then falsifying records to cover up their misfeasance.

Jen Chung

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:57:51 -0500

I mentioned that Green supported her children in Jamaica and that her family was being flown to NYC for the funeral. As for families suing after these incidents, I think they rather have the family member alive.

Steven

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:49:07 -0500

They can sue for $25 million, but how much will they actually get is the big question?

MT

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:27:12 -0500

Actually, it does JRod. And thanks for the back up eyekantspell. Sometimes people do legitimately just ask questions. I hadn't seen an coverage of this woman that have mentioned any kind of family background before now.

Armchair_warrior

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:11:33 -0500

if the family was this concern with the lady, they should of been with her, now they want 25 million. ha!!! the city and hospital should sue them for 25 million for taking care of the lady.

JacqueMehoff

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:10:05 -0500

that's a psych waiting room so obviously the other patients are not well and would probably be ignored by the staff anyway. you see they're all in gowns or hospital attire. what about the security guard seen on the rolling office chair? what was his job? what's the purpose of the hedge fund investors suing the hedge fund, I mean they're millionaires so they don't need the money that they'll spend on Ipods, rolls royces and lear jets anyway, right??

eyekantspel

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:00:37 -0500

I don't think MT was trying to blame the daughter for not being there, just asking the question. The real justice here is punishing the "health care" workers who allowed this to happen on their watch. Charge them criminally. Put their faces on the front page of the papers. Let them feel public shame and humiliation for their disgusting failure to do their job. Oh, and not just the workers --- I'd really like the story on the woman who was pictured sitting in the same room, the entire time, who didn't lift a finger to help, or notify anyone.

JRod5417

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:55:02 -0500

"At 31, Harrison is the eldest of the six children Green left behind in Jamaica when she moved to the United States in 2000 to find work." Does that answer your question, MT?

eyekantspel

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:54:19 -0500

Wouldn't it be nice if the family won millions of dollars in a lawsuit, and then turned around and donated that money in her name to provide better health care facilities for the community? I can see virtue in that result. Of course, the more likely result is that the money taken out of the system to settle this claim will be used by the family to buy cars and iphones and stuff. I don't want to be insensitive to the feelings of her family, but it seems most of the time the purpose of these lawsuits is less about justice and more about cashing in your lottery ticket for winning the dead family member jackpot.

Snoopy

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:53:44 -0500

Although the event is tragic 25 mil seems excessive. Was that amount calculated by lost future income?

MT

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:44:46 -0500

Where was the daughter while her mother was sitting in the emergency room?

eyekantspel

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:42:02 -0500

It also appeared hospital staff falsified records, claiming Green had been alive during the times she was actually unconscious on the floor. I think the falsification wasn't that she was alive-- when you're unconscious you are alive-- but that there was nothing to report. This was a terrible employee who created a papertrail to suggest he/she was doing his/her job and making the rounds, when that wasn't the case.

takethecanoli

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:38:33 -0500

Saw this coming. 25M$ ??!!