{"id":296,"date":"2012-05-25T14:18:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T14:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/?p=296"},"modified":"2012-05-29T16:01:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T16:01:46","slug":"autistic-man-chokes-to-death-on-jelly-doughnuts-in-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/autistic-man-chokes-to-death-on-jelly-doughnuts-in-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Autistic Man Chokes to Death on Jelly Doughnuts in PA."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The brother of 48 year-old John Glenn Popple has filed suit for <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-damages-wrongful-death.php\">wrongful death damages<\/a> against Step-by-Step Inc., the operator of a group home, New Hope Community Home, in Tunkhannock, PA.<\/strong>\u00a0 Popple, who suffered from autism, was a resident at New Hope Community Home, and was known to have a choking risk.\u00a0 He required constant around-the-clock, line-of-sight supervision.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aV83vR5E-Mg\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On a night in September of 2010, Popple awoke and walked to the kitchen, without the staff\u2019s knowledge, and stuffed four or five doughnuts in his mouth and began to choke.\u00a0 <strong>By the time staff members found Popple, and attempted to remove the food from his mouth, he had turned blue and his knees had buckled.<\/strong>\u00a0 The staff continued to reach for the food and delivered blows to his back to dislodge the rest- but without success. <strong>An emergency medical technician who responded to the scene performed the Heimlich maneuver six times before Popple went into cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead 17 minutes later.<\/strong>\u00a0 Popple had stuffed food into his mouth on two separate occasions prior to the fatal incident.<\/p>\n<p>The brother claims that the facility was negligent by failing to provide proper training to its staff to ensure Popple\u2019s safety.\u00a0 The brother alleges that the company should have installed a device to alert staff when Popple left his bedroom.\u00a0 <strong>The brother believes that the prior incidents indicated the high risk of choking and that such a device would have prevented Popple\u2019s death.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you or a loved one has suffered <a href=\"http:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/massachusetts-damages.php\">personal injury damages<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/massachusetts-damages-wrongful-death.php\">wrongful death damages<\/a> as a result of the <a href=\"http:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/massachusetts-boston-personal-injury-negligence.php\">negligence<\/a> of another, please contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">Massachusetts wrongful death attorney<\/a> experts immediately at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong>.\u00a0 Our highly skilled <a href=\"http:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\/massachusetts-boston-personal-injury-wrongful-death.php\">Massachusetts wrongful death injury accident attorney<\/a> professionals are available <strong>24\/7<\/strong> at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong> to speak with you about your <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/boston-wrongful-death-lawyer-contact.php\">Massachusetts wrongful death claim<\/a>.\u00a0 A <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/boston-wrongful-death-lawyer-overview.php\">Boston wrongful death lawyer<\/a> at our full service <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-about-gil-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA law firm<\/a> can help you obtain the maximum <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-damages-wrongful-death.php\">wrongful death damages<\/a> to which you are entitled.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact the Law Offices of Gilbert R. Hoy, Jr. and Affiliates <strong>24\/7<\/strong> by phone at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong> or by email at <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/boston-wrongful-death-lawyer-contact.php\">gilhoylaw@hotmail.com<\/a> to consult with one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/boston-wrongful-death-lawyer-damages.php\">Boston, MA accidental death attorney<\/a> professionals today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your needs are our top priority!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The brother of 48 year-old John Glenn Popple has filed suit for wrongful death damages against Step-by-Step Inc., the operator of a group home, New Hope Community Home, in Tunkhannock, PA.\u00a0 Popple, who suffered from autism, was a resident at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/autistic-man-chokes-to-death-on-jelly-doughnuts-in-pa\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}