Wynn Casino Blackjack Dealer Continued to Deal Cards While Player Suffered Heart Attack
The Wynn Las Vegas has been hit by a lawsuit alleging that a blackjack dealer continued dealing cards while a man was having a cardiac arrest at the table
The Wynn Las Vegas has been hit by a lawsuit alleging that a blackjack dealer continued dealing cards while a man was having a cardiac arrest at the table, the victim later dying from related causes.
Florida attorney, David Jagolinzer, was in Vegas for the annual legal conference, Mass Torts Made Perfect, when he suffered the heart attack on April 6th last year while playing blackjack.
But according to the lawsuit filed last week, he was slumped over the table for more than 15 minutes before staff made any attempt to help him.
During that time, it is alleged that the dealer continued to deal cards to another player and even counted Mr Jagolinzer?s chips instead of going to the clearly ill man?s aid.
Attorneys for Jagolinzer claim that Wynn security witnessed the incident on live CCTV and did nothing. The legal complaint also states that when Wynn employees eventually attempted to use a defibrillator on Jagolinzer ? some 20 minutes after he first slumped at the table ? they didn?t know how to properly operate it.
Mr Jagolinzer died on October 18th last year, some 6 months after his heart attack, the cause of death recorded as anoxic encephalopathy related to cardiac arrest.
Attorneys for Mr Jagolinzer?s family claim that his death could have been avoided had he ?obtained timely emergency medical treatment.?
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