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While we often hear about doctors being sued for medical malpractice, it’s rare to hear about doctors suing other doctors for malpractice. However, that's what happened when a Connecticut physician sued the anesthesiologist and hospital after his wife died during a routine face lift surgery.
Dr. Alan Malitz sued for gross negligence after his wife, Susan, died just two hours after entering Manhattan's Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Susan, who was 56, died of cardiac failure resulting from an overdose of anesthesia. During her surgery, the alarms that monitored her blood oxygen levels were turned down so low they were inaudible.
The parties settled after just four days of trial. The terms of the settlement require the hospital to pay $400,000 and the anesthesiologist to pay $2.7 million.
This was not the first time this particular hospital has been sued. Olivia Goldsmith, author of the book The First Wives Club, also died during a routine cosmetic procedure five weeks earlier.
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