What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Maine
Need some guidance as I try to help my poor grandmother.
A little background story first:
My 82 year old gfather has had a pacemaker installed for nearly 6 years and for the past few years he has been using the Merlin monitoring system to relay information to his doctors.
Nearly a month ago because the battery in his pacemaker was starting to get low, his office had him start using a Zoll Life Vest as he was not healthy enough at the time to have a surgery to replace the battery in his pacemaker.
Last Friday he was contacted by the folks at Merlin and told he needed to get near the monitoring device so they could get one of there periodic readings. Keep in mind this was the first time that he had one of these readings done while wearing the Life vest.
He made his way to the bedroom and was on the phone for 25 minutes or so while merlin unsuccessfully attempted to get a reading from his pacemaker. My grandmother told them that he was wearing this Life vest now and that could be why it was not allowing them to receive a signal. The lady on the phone was not aware he was now using this vest but assured my gmother this had nothing to do with it. On the final attempt to communicate with the device my gfather experienced a very loud snapping noise, he stood up and said "they shocked me" and then fell to the ground. After several unsuccessful attempts to revive him, he passed away. They are now performing an autopsy to try and figure out what happened.
All I can tell you is that the vest blew apart and leaked a green fluid all over those who tried to help him and he had burns marks all over his chest from what appeared to be a shock. The phone lines in the home also went down as a result of this.
My question is whether or not it is right to pursue legal action and what are your thoughts on the case? This is something we have never had to go through and most importantly we do not want something like this to happen to someone else.
Need some guidance as I try to help my poor grandmother.
A little background story first:
My 82 year old gfather has had a pacemaker installed for nearly 6 years and for the past few years he has been using the Merlin monitoring system to relay information to his doctors.
Nearly a month ago because the battery in his pacemaker was starting to get low, his office had him start using a Zoll Life Vest as he was not healthy enough at the time to have a surgery to replace the battery in his pacemaker.
Last Friday he was contacted by the folks at Merlin and told he needed to get near the monitoring device so they could get one of there periodic readings. Keep in mind this was the first time that he had one of these readings done while wearing the Life vest.
He made his way to the bedroom and was on the phone for 25 minutes or so while merlin unsuccessfully attempted to get a reading from his pacemaker. My grandmother told them that he was wearing this Life vest now and that could be why it was not allowing them to receive a signal. The lady on the phone was not aware he was now using this vest but assured my gmother this had nothing to do with it. On the final attempt to communicate with the device my gfather experienced a very loud snapping noise, he stood up and said "they shocked me" and then fell to the ground. After several unsuccessful attempts to revive him, he passed away. They are now performing an autopsy to try and figure out what happened.
All I can tell you is that the vest blew apart and leaked a green fluid all over those who tried to help him and he had burns marks all over his chest from what appeared to be a shock. The phone lines in the home also went down as a result of this.
My question is whether or not it is right to pursue legal action and what are your thoughts on the case? This is something we have never had to go through and most importantly we do not want something like this to happen to someone else.