A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against a Strip property and large convention association for failing to provide life-saving aid.
The estate of Missouri resident Michael Shanon Jamieson is suing The Venetian and Specialty Equipment Market Association, or SEMA, after failing to intervene after he suffered a heart attack.
The complaint and demand for jury trial was filed Monday in the Clark County District Court. The estate is suing for wrongful death; negligence; negligent hiring, retention, training and supervision; gross negligence; “respondeat superior,” a form of vicarious liability; and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
SEMA and Venetian did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Jamieson was an attendee of the SEMA convention at The Venetian on Nov. 7 when he suffered a heart attack that evening, said the lawsuit.
“At least one, and up to three, other guests” identified themselves as medical providers, according to the complaint. SEMA and Venetian personnel, however, “physically prevented” them from providing any assistance or first aid “that would have saved (Jamieson’s) life.”
Jamieson was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center “where he remained unconscious and in critical condition with no brain activity.” He died on Nov. 27.
The lawsuit claims SEMA and Venetian personnel were not trained to handle such an incident and failed to take reasonable action to aid Jamieson in distress.
“Defendants’ failure to provide a reasonably safe environment with proper policies and procedures, proper equipment and proper training for employees to handle a foreseeable incident, or had Defendants allowed trained medical personnel to intervene, Michael would be alive,” said the lawsuit.
His estate is asking for general and special damages in excess of $15,000; punitive damages; attorney’s fees and costs; interest at the statutory rate; and other relief from the court.
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