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Conn. Man Pronounced Dead After Lightning Strike Says He'll Sue...

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STONINGTON, Conn. -- A man who was pronounced dead by an ambulance crew after being struck by lightning in May intends to sue the town and crew members.

Kevin Crandall, a blues musician, was building a stone wall behind a house when he was hit by lightning on May 31.

Witnesses and police said emergency medical technicians indicated Crandall was dead and covered him with a blanket. But 10 minutes later, a police officer noticed he was breathing.

Crandall was rushed to the hospital, where he was placed on life support. He was released a few weeks later.

His attorney, Stephen Reck, told The Day of New London that Crandall suffered brain damage and still has neurological problems that prevent him from playing music.

Reck has filed a notice that he intends to sue the town of North Stonington and four members of the Stonington Ambulance Corps on Crandall's behalf.

"Kevin just wants to make sure this doesn't happen again to anyone," Reck said. "Everyone deserves a chance to be resuscitated."

The state is continuing its investigation of whether the ambulance service properly treated Crandall.

Two ambulance corps members named in the notice declined comment and two others could not be reached.

Bob Holdsworth, a consultant who has spoken on behalf of the ambulance service, said he cannot comment until Crandall files more paperwork.

"We'll await further words from Mr. Crandall on what he intends to do," Holdsworth said.

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Conn. Man Pronounced Dead After Lightning Strike Says He'll Sue :Q
 
Suing about this is stupid.

In court:

"Witness, was the victim breathing?"
"No."
"Did the victim have a heartbeat?"
"No."
"Did the victim meet any of the medical criteria of a living person?"
"No."

If you medically test dead, you get pronounced dead. He wants to sue them over a medical anomoly?
 
BEDEVERE: What makes you think she is a witch?
VILLAGER #3: Well, she turned me into a newt.
BEDEVERE: A newt?
VILLAGER #3: I got better.
VILLAGER #2: Burn her anyway!
CROWD: Burn! Burn her!
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
Suing about this is stupid.

In court:

"Witness, was the victim breathing?"
"No."
"Did the victim have a heartbeat?"
"No."
"Did the victim meet any of the medical criteria of a living person?"
"No."

If you medically test dead, you get pronounced dead. He wants to sue them over a medical anomoly?
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We don't know if the crew followed procedure, or if there was some form of negligence.
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
Suing about this is stupid.

In court:

"Witness, was the victim breathing?"
"No."
"Did the victim have a heartbeat?"
"No."
"Did the victim meet any of the medical criteria of a living person?"
"No."

If you medically test dead, you get pronounced dead. He wants to sue them over a medical anomoly?
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sadly, that happens all the time.
 
Originally posted by: tami
Originally posted by: HotChic
Suing about this is stupid.

In court:

"Witness, was the victim breathing?"
"No."
"Did the victim have a heartbeat?"
"No."
"Did the victim meet any of the medical criteria of a living person?"
"No."

If you medically test dead, you get pronounced dead. He wants to sue them over a medical anomoly?
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sadly, that happens all the time.
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well if the situations that bring things like this on doesn't kill you, the medical bills will😀
 
Originally posted by: HotChic
Suing about this is stupid.

In court:

"Witness, was the victim breathing?"
"No."
"Did the victim have a heartbeat?"
"No."
"Did the victim meet any of the medical criteria of a living person?"
"No."

If you medically test dead, you get pronounced dead. He wants to sue them over a medical anomoly?
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Except that the criteria now is zero brain activity on an EEG I believe. That's probably the only chance the guy has of getting anywhere with the lawsuit unless there was some other kind of negligence.
 
"Kevin just wants to make sure this doesn't happen again to anyone and make a few easy millions," Reck said. "Everyone deserves a chance to sue."
 
I don't know who to agree with in this situation.

On one hand, this guy is obviously not dead. And I don't know how common it is for someone to spring back to life after being pronounced dead and covered with a blanket.
On the other, it could have been a mistake on the part of the emergency medical technician.

I say if they did pronounced him dead, and he wasn't, it's very possible he suffered damage because of the delay.

It's hard to say because I wasn't there.
 
Lesson learned folks. If you pronounce some one dead, and they start breathing...hit them with a shovel until they stop. You've got to finish what you started, otherwise it comes back to get you.
 
Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Originally posted by: HotChic
Suing about this is stupid.

In court:

"Witness, was the victim breathing?"
"No."
"Did the victim have a heartbeat?"
"No."
"Did the victim meet any of the medical criteria of a living person?"
"No."

If you medically test dead, you get pronounced dead. He wants to sue them over a medical anomoly?
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Except that the criteria now is zero brain activity on an EEG I believe. That's probably the only chance the guy has of getting anywhere with the lawsuit unless there was some other kind of negligence.
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In emergency medicine, clincal death is the cessation of breathing and heartbeat.

Edit: Though EMT crews are required, in the absence of a DNR, to perform, and continue, rescue measures until arrival at a hospital. EMT crews are not authorized to prounce a patient as deceased unless obvious indications (decapitation, incineration, etc.) are present.
 
Well, it depends... if the crew didn't follow normal procedures, beleiving that anyone struck by lightning would be dead, then he has a case. Punitive (which is usually the big tickets) will be hard, because they will have to prove that the damage to his system, not being able to play music, etc. was caused by his lack of medical attention and NOT because of the lightning. Logically, I would say that anyone struck by lightning most likely wouldn't be the same after.
 
Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
I don't know who to agree with in this situation.

On one hand, this guy is obviously not dead. And I don't know how common it is for someone to spring back to life after being pronounced dead and covered with a blanket.
On the other, it could have been a mistake on the part of the emergency medical technician.

I say if they did pronounced him dead, and he wasn't, it's very possible he suffered damage because of the delay.

It's hard to say because I wasn't there.
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I'm wondering about that myself.
 
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Lesson learned folks. If you pronounce some one dead, and they start breathing...hit them with a shovel until they stop. You've got to finish what you started, otherwise it comes back to get you.
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LMFAO
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Lesson learned folks. If you pronounce some one dead, and they start breathing...hit them with a shovel until they stop. You've got to finish what you started, otherwise it comes back to get you.
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LMFAO
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That's the same advice for people defending their homes from burglers.

Make sure they are dead in your house.. If not, they can sue you.

 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
BEDEVERE: What makes you think she is a witch?
VILLAGER #3: Well, she turned me into a newt.
BEDEVERE: A newt?
VILLAGER #3: I got better.
VILLAGER #2: Burn her anyway!
CROWD: Burn! Burn her!
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"Bring out yer dead! Bring out yer dead!"
*Throws someone on the cart*
"But I'm not dead yet!"
*Gets hit in the head*
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
So what's his case - it wasn't the lightning that damaged his brain, it was the rough wool blanket? 😕
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i dont know. maybe the fact that they didnt do anything and rush him to the hospital? he was sitting UNDER a blanket for 10 minutes until a police officer noticed he was really breathing.
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
BEDEVERE: What makes you think she is a witch?
VILLAGER #3: Well, she turned me into a newt.
BEDEVERE: A newt?
VILLAGER #3: I got better.
VILLAGER #2: Burn her anyway!
CROWD: Burn! Burn her!
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lol
 
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Lesson learned folks. If you pronounce some one dead, and they start breathing...hit them with a shovel until they stop. You've got to finish what you started, otherwise it comes back to get you.
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LMFAO :laugh:

Cheers PingSpike :beer:
 
Originally posted by: CrimsonWolf
Originally posted by: FoBoT
BEDEVERE: What makes you think she is a witch?
VILLAGER #3: Well, she turned me into a newt.
BEDEVERE: A newt?
VILLAGER #3: I got better.
VILLAGER #2: Burn her anyway!
CROWD: Burn! Burn her!
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"Bring out yer dead! Bring out yer dead!"
*Throws someone on the cart*
"But I'm not dead yet!"
*Gets hit in the head*
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That's what I thought of first.
 
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