Need lawyer opinions

[brainhulk]

coworker's wife recently passed. He told everyone she fell in the middle of the night, and instead of bringing her back to bed, he brought her a pillow and blanket and let her sleep on the floor. When she woke she was unresponsive. Apparently she hit her head and succumbed to a brain bleed.

she has a history of falls and is on antidepressants and bipolar medication.

What is the likely scenario that will play out here? Any chance coworker is at fault for not bringing her to the ER immediately?

 

[SillyOReilly]

Holy retard

 

[lxskllr]

Don't know, but I sure hope someone gets sued, or even better, jailed. Court action is the best action, and if there's no law close enough to warp into use, I sure hope they create one to deal with this travesty.

 

[olds]

OP, why are you involved?

 

[cardiac]

I see this all too often. As a paramedic for 31 years, you'd be surprised at some of the things we see that everyone else would think are just stupid. How old is he/she? And if it is exactly as you say, especially with a past history of falls, he won't get charged for anything....

 

[xBiffx]

There might be a wrongful death civil suit by the rest of her family but he won't be charged with anything criminal. Unfortunately, eh maybe its fortunate, its not a crime to be stupid.

 

[rivan]

I can see him bringing her a pillow and blanket if she asked for it, especially with the history. I'm a man married to a very stubborn woman - I'd try to help but if she asked for a pillow and blanket, that's what I'd do.

That said, it seems pretty darned fishy. He's the #1 suspect if there's ANY evidence of foul play. Lawyer up.

 

[MotionMan]

coworker's wife recently passed. He told everyone she fell in the middle of the night, and instead of bringing her back to bed, he brought her a pillow and blanket and let her sleep on the floor. When she woke she was unresponsive. Apparently she hit her head and succumbed to a brain bleed.

she has a history of falls and is on antidepressants and bipolar medication.

What is the likely scenario that will play out here? Any chance coworker is at fault for not bringing her to the ER immediately?

I am a lawyer and my opinion is that you should stop posting.



MotionMan, Esq.

 

[brainhulk]

OP, why are you involved?

i'm not involved, just worried about my coworker and looking for opinions. From what i hear, her physician is not signing off on the cause of death and awaiting autopsy results. That's what raised my concern

I see this all too often. As a paramedic for 31 years, you'd be surprised at some of the things we see that everyone else would think are just stupid. How old is he/she? And if it is exactly as you say, especially with a past history of falls, he won't get charged for anything....

i think she was about about 50 years old

 

[Matthiasa]

Assuming no stairs were involved, that would really be a case of really bad luck.

I know I wouldn't normally assume anything wrong if someone just fell/tripped.
But maybe That is because I have all sorts of fun scars on my head from things not that dissimilar.
Sure I got stitches for that stuff but no brain scans that would have detected anything like that.

If there were longer distances involved not really sure, but her side of the family may try something.

Edit: Given the ages though that does change things bit, making her side more likely to do something.

 

[olds]

My wife's twin sister was down on all fours vacuuming under a dresser.
She started feeling ill. She asked her husband for a pillow and she laid there on the floor.
Minutes later, she died. Leg pain was only prior history.
The paramedics and cops suspected foul play but he wasn't arrested.
Autopsy showed blood clot in lungs (cause of death) and advanced pancreatic cancer.