Family Sues Southern California Gym Over Dad’s Heart Attack

May 14, 2015

A Los Angeles gym is facing a lawsuit from the three kids of a man who had a heart attack and died while working out.

City News Service reports Marc Palotay’s son and two daughters filed the lawsuit earlier this week seeking automatic defibrillator because they say the gym didn’t have an automatic defibrillator as required by a 2007 state law.

The lawsuit says Palotay was working out on the morning of March 20 when he had a minor heart attack that turned fatal because he wasn’t treated with a defibrillator until emergency medical personnel arrived.

LawsuitGym manager Sean Bernig says the gym did have an AED, and that the man’s trainer was an independent contractor responsible for getting him help. Palotay also signed a liability waiver as part of his membership.

Topics Lawsuits California

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  • May 14, 2015 at 2:44 pm
    Agent says:
    Did anyone read about the veteran in Seattle who broke his ankle, drove himself to the Seattle VA hospital and was right outside the Emergency Room entrance, called them and a... read more
  • May 14, 2015 at 2:20 pm
    UW Supreme says:
    Oops! Never mind. The victim signed a waiver. Case closed. All kidding aside, I do feel really bad for this family, but am extremely disappointed it wasn't Lifetime Fitness...... read more
  • May 14, 2015 at 1:55 pm
    NC Reader says:
    It's actually not LifeTime Fitness. Sounds like an independent operation by this. http://abc11.com/news/family-of-executive-suing-gym-for-wrongful-death/720192/

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