Aviation Medical Malpractice / Wrongful Death

Our client's husband was a critically ill patient being transported aboard an air ambulance operated by a Florida-based aviation medical transport company. He never arrived at his destination alive.The failures were not a single mistake. They were a cascade. The interior of the aircraft reached dangerous temperatures during transport. Rather than removing the patient from the overheating environment or taking emergency corrective action, the medical crew failed to recognize and respond to the escalating danger. They failed to monitor his deteriorating condition. They failed to provide adequate respiratory support. They failed to communicate critical clinical information between the medical staff and the flight crew. Each failure compounded the last. Our client's husband died as a result.Mausner Group was retained by the surviving spouse as personal representative of the estate. We filed suit in Broward County against the air transport company, pursuing claims for aviation medical malpractice and wrongful death. The case was litigated and resolved through settlement for $900,000.

We pursued a rare and complex intersection of aviation law and medical malpractice. The crew must meet the standard of care of medical transport professionals while the operation must meet the standard of care of aviation operators. We built the case on both frameworks simultaneously.We documented every failure in the chain. Dangerous cabin temperatures. No corrective action. No adequate monitoring. No adequate respiratory support. No effective crew communication.Each failure was identified, documented, and linked to the deterioration and death of our client's husband.We retained the right experts. Aviation medical malpractice cases require experts who understand both clinical transport medicine and aviation operations. We assembled the team needed to establish what the standard of care required at every stage of the transport.