So, as far as that goes, this lawsuit is not going to get me anywhere with that and nothing ever will.
"The only thing I want - which I know I can't get - is my wife back. Holthoff said he hopes no other family experiences what his did, but he knows that what he wants the most is not possible. "I don't have faith in Nova Scotia Health investigating themselves," he said. Holthoff said he thinks it is problematic not to use a third party to conduct the investigation. At the time she said it would determine what happened and what can be done to prevent similar situations from happening again. Doctor from Nova Southeastern University, the Shepard Broad Law Center, in 1999. In January, Health Minister Michelle Thompson announced that an investigation, also known as a "quality review," had started automatically after Allison's death. Before you agree to a settlement in your medical malpractice suit. It said "any care provided by them to Allison Holthoff was provided reasonably, appropriately and in a manner consistent with the applicable standard of care in the circumstances."įurther, the health authority wants the lawsuit dismissed with costs. any injury, loss or damage sustained by the plaintiff was not caused by negligence on the part of the defendant health authority or anyone for whom the defendant health authority would be responsible at law," the health authority said in its defence. 28, 2023 to the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Her husband says somebody has to take accountability for what happened.Ī spokesperson for Nova Scotia Health told CBC News it does not comment on legal matters but it denied negligence in a response dated Feb. The family alleges the health authority and the emergency physician on duty didn't test and treat Holthoff in an adequate and timely manner.ĭuration 1:34 Allison Holthoff, 37, died after waiting hours to see doctor at Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre. 9300129A Technical aspects of patellar realignment videorecording / produced by the Portland Knee Clinic, in conjunction with Providence Medical Center.
"We allege that had they done their job, treated her in the urgent fashion which was consistent with her condition, what her condition demanded, that she would still be here today and that her children would still have their mother," Mike Dull, the lawyer representing the family, said in an interview. Memo to ACLU from Brinson re: proposed lawsuit against Right to Life. The statement of claim alleges Nova Scotia Health and the attending physician failed to meet the standard of care for a patient. Abortion Clinic Picketed by 350, RTD, 12 October 1973, B1 The Picketers Picket. "Somebody has to take some accountability for what happened, somebody needs to be responsible," Gunter Holthoff, Allison's husband, told CBC News in an interview Wednesday. 31 after waiting more than seven hours to see a doctor at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre. The family of a woman who died in an emergency room in Amherst, N.S., is suing the province's health authority, but the health authority's response filed in court says the death was not caused by negligence on its part.Īllison Holthoff died on Dec.
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