SCRANTON – Due to the death of a plaintiff, one representing the estate of a Carbondale woman who passed away from cardiac arrest three years ago while in the care of Geisinger Medical Center, another individual has been substituted to stand in for the litigation.
SCRANTON – Geisinger Medical Center denies allegations from a pair of plaintiffs that it caused a Carbondale woman in its care two years ago to die of cardiac arrest.
SCRANTON – A local physician and nurse practitioner are seeking to strike both the prospect of punitive damages and certain negligence allegations, from a lawsuit brought by the estate of a Carbondale woman who died from cardiac arrest two years ago.
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SCRANTON – The estate of a Carbondale woman alleges professional negligence on the part of a local hospital, physician and nurse practitioner led to her death from cardiac arrest two years ago.
James A. Zaltauskas, Administrator of the Estate of Sandra J. Skotleski and the Estate itself of Carbondale filed suit in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas on April 20 versus Community Medical Center (doing business as “Geisinger Community Medical Center”), Wilson Young, M.D. and John Zaic Jr., CRNP, all of Scranton.
“Skotleski was admitted to Community Medical Center (doing business as ‘Geisinger Community Medical Center’) on or about March 26, 2019 with exertional shortness of breath for a few weeks associated with retrosternal chest pain and lower abdominal pain. On March 27, 2019, Skotleski was found to be in rapid atrial fibrillation, with a ventricular rate of 181. Skotleski was treated with intravenous Ca