A jury awarded $6.2 million to the estate of a man who died while in a hospital's MRI machine. In December 2002, Cory Fine, 41, returned to Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics Inc. with breathing difficulties after undergoing gastric bypass surgery five days earlier. While undergoing an MRI, Fine died. Plaintiff's counsel argued that Fine died of a cardiac arrhythmia caused by low oxygen levels. He contended that having Fine lay down flat caused his organs to shift and resulted in dangerously lowered levels of oxygen. The hospital claimed that the MRI was done according to standard procedure and that it had Fine's oral consent. Defense counsel argued that Fine's death was caused by a rare reaction to the contrast dye used for the MRI.
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