Woman, 75, who was spun around 175 TIMES on a stretcher while being airlifted to a helicopter... - stretcher spin.mp4 ...

....sues the city of Phoenix for negligence

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...pter-SUES.html

*Katalin Metro, 75, was hiking off Piestewa Peak when she reportedly tripped
along the trail, became disoriented and needed help getting back down

*Lawyers for George and Katalin Metro first filed a claim in November for
$2million and have now issued an official complaint against Phoenix

*'Katalin expressed to City of Phoenix first responders that she did not want to
be taken off the trail by helicopter,' documents pertaining to the suit reads

*The couple also accuse the city of gross negligence

*Katalin now suffers from pain, discomfort and anxiety associated from the
incident, her lawyer claims

*It is currently unknown what damages the couple is now seeking

A woman was seen spinning 175 times while being airlifted in a stretcher from a
hiking trail in Phoenix is now suing the city for negligence.

Katalin Metro, 75, was hiking off Piestewa Peak when she reportedly tripped
along the trail, became disoriented and needed help getting back down.

Lawyers for George and Katalin Metro first filed a claim in November for
$2million and have now issued an official complaint against the city. accusing
the rescue crew of negligence.

Katalin Metro's rescue turned into a frightening experience as she was wrapped
up and strapped into a stretcher and lifted by a helicopter off the ground.

The suspended stretcher began to violently spin 175 times at a rapid pace for a
full 60 seconds while suspended mid-air.

'Katalin expressed to City of Phoenix first responders that she did not want to
be taken off the trail by helicopter. Despite these findings and plaintiff's
wishes, the City of Phoenix paramedics/firefighters made the decision to
transport Katalin off the trail by helicopter air rescue,' according to
documents pertaining to the lawsuit, Fox 10 reports.

The couple also accuse the city of gross negligence.

'The City of Phoenix was on notice of the potential to have a spinning event
like this one, which caused injury and damages to plaintiffs if it failed to
comply with safety standards,' document read.

Katalin now suffers from pain, discomfort and anxiety associated from the
incident, her lawyer claims.

'Katalin Metro has incurred reasonable expenses of necessary medical care,
treatment, and services, and will be required to incur such expenses in the
future,' the suit states.

The November claim asserts that Metro was taken to John C. Medical Center
following the harrowing helicopter rescue and a doctor said she suffered
swelling and bruising to both eyes, blood in her external auditory canals and
soft tissue swelling over parts of the skull.

As a result she was transferred to a rehabilitation unit at St. Joseph's
Hospital and Medical Center on June 11 and was later discharged on June 28.

Metro then started outpatient therapy, sending her medical bills skyrocketing to
more than $290,000.

George Metro wasn't sure if his wife was dead or alive as her stretcher
violently spun in the air.

He was relieved to when he met her at the trauma center where she was being
evaluated.

'The first thing she said was, "I’m glad I’m alive." She thought she was going
to die when she was spinning,' the husband told 12News.



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