HOUSTON — Houston Methodist Hospital has been non-suited from a claim alleging it strapped a patient too tightly to an operating table, causing nerve damage.
Jason Robinson filed a complaint Oct. 4, 2021 in Harris County District Court against Methodist Health Centers and Ronald Sparrow, R.N., alleging negligence.
According to the original petition, Robinson, who was 31 years old at the time, underwent cardiac ablation at Houston Methodist on June 26, 2020. He claims that while under anesthesia, he was secured to a table with a safety strap around his leg and when he woke up, he suffered numbness and mobility issues to his lower extremity.
Robinson alleges that the restraints compressed on his femoral nerve and caused "compressive neuropathy" and that the strap was too tight and too restrictive around his leg which caused nerve injury, the petition states.
He further alleges the defendants failed to properly place the restraint strap on his leg to the procedure table and were negligent for failing to check the tension of the strap used during the procedure.
Court records show the case was set to trial back in February but a motion for non-suit was filed beforehand, stating that the plaintiffs no longer wish to pursue their causes of action against the defendants.
Robinson sought monetary relief of more than $1 million, interest and all other just relief. He was represented by Brant Stogner and Imrana Manzanares of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner in Houston.
Harris County District Court case number 2021-64360