Patient who says she was ignored in ER files federal lawsuit against Las Vegas hospitals

‘Ignored’ patient sues Las Vegas hospitals

LAS VEGAS — A woman who says she was ignored in a hospital emergency room so long that she went home and gave birth to a premature baby who died has filed a federal lawsuit against two Las Vegas hospitals.

Roshunda Abney and the father of the child, Rafinee Dewberry, seek unspecified damages in the civil complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.

Their lawyer, Jacob Hafter, says his clients had hoped to reach a financial settlement with University Medical Center and Valley Hospital Medical Center.

Now Hafter says they want to take their case to a jury.

Officials at the hospitals had no immediate comment on the lawsuit.

A UMC spokesman has said the county-owned hospital was investigating the Nov. 30 incident and cooperating with probes by outside agencies.