{"id":48991,"date":"2014-05-28T08:01:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T12:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=48991"},"modified":"2014-05-28T08:01:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T12:01:53","slug":"widow-sues-va-over-vets-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=48991","title":{"rendered":"Widow sues VA over vet’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jonathon<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Dominick sends us a link to MyFoxLA<\/a> which reports that a widow is suing the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for the treatment of her husband in June 2011. Jonathan Montano waited for four hours with a shunt inserted into his arm for dialysis treatment. He decided to go to another VA hospital and sent his wife, Norma, to get the car. When she returned, she discovered that her husband has been admitted because he had a stroke;<\/p>\n

The family claims that the police brutalized Montano, beat him and stomped on his carotid artery, giving him a stroke that killed him, and then lied to his wife about it. The hospital said Montano was beligerent and police attempted to restrain him for his safety and the safety of staff and patients. The hospital said the vet fell and hit his head. According to the widow, a staff member later informed her that her husband had been slammed to the floor by the officers.<\/p>\n

The incident was investigated by the VA which, in December 2013, said there was “no evidence of negligence or wrongful act or omission by VA employees that resulted in injury to, or the death of, the veteran patient in June 2011. Although a terrible and unfortunate incident occurred, VA personnel acted and responded appropriately.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess we’ll need to wait for the lawsuit to end to find out what really happened here. In the meantime, I’m not making any judgements.<\/p>\n