Attorney received a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital and a health system

Attorney received a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital and a health system.  The plaintiff filed a medical malpractice claim arguing that the hospital negligently delivered fluids and soda to a post gastric bypass patient and told her that she could drink it.  Plaintiff claimed that the patient was not coherent following surgery, drank the excess fluids and soda and consequently developed complications.  Plaintiff further claimed that the Hospital destroyed records that could have helped prove the plaintiff's case.  The decedent died nine days after surgery at the age of 53.  On behalf of the clients, the attorney argued - that the decedent had received extensive literature and education before and after surgery regarding her post surgery diet; that she was coherent following surgery; that there was no evidence soda was delivered to the decedent by the hospital staff; and that even if soda was delivered and consumed, it did not cause her post-surgical complications.