EDWARDSVILLE — A patient's wife is suing St. Anthony's Medical Center and medical staff, claiming they failed to prevent her husband's cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.
Laurie Mooney, as special administrator of the Estate of Keith Scherff, filed a complaint Jan. 5 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Pankaj Kaul, M.D., CEP America LLC, Naveenkumar Krishna, M.D., St. Anthony's Medical Center and others, alleging wrongful death.
Mooney alleges in her complaint that her husband, Keith Scherff, received negligent care from the defendants on Jan. 6, 2020, while being treated at St. Anthony's Medical Center, which allegedly resulted in his death. Specifically, Mooney alleges that the defendants were negligent for continuing to give "massive amounts" of IV fluids to Scherff even though he was developing congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema. She further the defendants failed to administer the proper amount of diuretics to prevent Scherff's edema and failed to recognize his "impending respiratory failure." Mooney also claims the defendants also failed to "timely intubate" and ventilate Scherff and failed to administer medications for his diuresis or transfer him to an intensive care unit prior to his cardiac arrest and death.
Mooney seeks compensation of more than $75,000 and all other just relief. She is represented by Thomas Keefe, III of Keefe, Keefe & Unsell PC in Belleville.
Madison County Circuit Court case number 21-L-000006