Wrongful death lawsuit filed over botched surgery
Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 at 4:20 pm
A Las Vegas family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Colombian couple they say caused a 42 year-old woman’s death.
The couple, who do not have medical licenses, performed buttock enhancement surgery on the woman in the back of a tile store in April. The woman began having complications during the operation and died on the way to the hospital; police found her body near the North Vista Hospital in Las Vegas.
An autopsy revealed that she died from an allergic reaction to the anesthesia. The woman leaves behind a husband a two children. Authorities say the Colombian couple was in the United States on expired tourist visas. They were sentenced to more than eight years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, practicing medicine without a license, and conspiracy. They will be deported after serving their time.

