The figure is the maximum claim allowed under the hospital center’s liability insurance policy, according to court papers.
“Sir, it’s EMS. We’re here to help you. We’re getting the stretcher, all right?” one worker says to Garner when they arrive at 3:36 p.m.
He does not answer.
Later, when a bystander asks why they aren’t trying to resuscitate him, an officer says it’s because Garner is breathing. Hospital records, also filed in the documents, say Garner went into cardiac arrest on the stretcher. At the emergency room, doctors again performed CPR. By 4:15, he had no pulse, and he was declared dead at 4:34 p.m.
“The EMTS did not conduct the appropriate examination” of Garner and “failed to provide him with the necessary life-saving procedures,” according to the court documents.
Two paramedics and two emergency medical technicians were initially suspended without pay by the hospital, but they were reinstated into roles that did not involve patient care. They have since returned to the job, according to hospital officials.
Also detailed in the documents is a proposal for how to disperse the money. Garner’s widow will received about $2.4 million. His children will receive sums that range from $195,000 to $996,000. His mother, Gwen Carr, will receive $124,000 for acting as administrator of his estate, and the law firm that represented the family will receive $2.3 million, or one-third, which is a common attorney fee.
A judge set a hearing for March 16 to formalize the proposal.
