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A woman with a large fibroid and large right ovarian cyst was scheduled for surgery.

Dr. K was her anesthesiologist.

During the operation, the OBGYN opened the cyst, and a large volume of cystic fluid was suctioned and filtered through the cell saver.

Shortly afterward, the patient began to decompensate.

Over the next few minutes, she became more and more hypotensive.

A hematocrit was reportedly low, although the exact number was not included in court records.

She went into cardiac arrest and despite nearly 2 hours of resuscitative efforts, was pronounced dead.

After her death, no autopsy was done.

Her family contacted a lawyer and had the case reviewed by an OBGYN expert witness.

They developed the theory that a large vessel had been injured as opposed to fluid from a cyst, and that she had died of hemorrhagic shock. There was nothing in the operative report to indicate this.

A lawsuit was filed against the OBGYN, the anesthesiologist, and the hospital.

The allegations against the anesthesiologist are shown here: