Plaintiff claimed that the decedent, a 51-year-old disabled adult at defendant’s long-term care facility, was improperly fed, resulting in a choking incident that caused sustained loss of oxygen, hypoxic brain injury, and death of the decedent shortly after the occurrence. Defendant denied negligence and claimed that the decedent was properly fed. The defendant also claimed the decedent had severe dysphagia and was provided his standard prescribed meal of a mechanical soft diet on the date of the incident. Decedent had signs of dementia, and the family was considering hospice at the time of the incident. The family was represented by Brion W. Doherty and Brian C. Fetzer of Napleton & Partners.
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