Who’s liable if a patient at a dentist’s office dies from a heart attack while under anesthesia?

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Who’s liable if a patient at a dentist’s office dies from a heart attack while under anesthesia?

Asked on April 2, 2013 under Personal Injury, Rhode Island

Answers:

S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 10 years ago | Contributor

If it was reasonably foreseeable that the patient would have a heart attack while under anesthesia, then the dentist is liable.

If the patient having a heart attack while under anesthesia was an unforeseeable, intervening event, then the dentist is NOT liable.


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