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A MULTI-MILLION euro lawsuit taken by the husband and family of a woman who died after a facelift will take place in the US next week.
Kay Cregan (42), who had family connections in Killaloe, died after she underwent facial surgery at a Manhattan clinic in March 2005.
The case will get underway at the New York State Supreme Court next
Monday. However, there is a possi- bility that the case will be adjourned for a number of weeks, to appoint a judge and swear in a jury.
Ms Cregan, who lived with her hus- band and two sons in Croom, Lim- erick, underwent facial surgery at the Manhattan Clinic of Dr Michael Sachs on March 14, 2005.
She died just three days later at St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital. She had been rushed there and placed on a
life support machine after the proce- dure at the clinic.
She had paid Dr Sachs $32,000 and had planned the surgery as a surprise for her husband. He was not aware of this until he was notified by the Department of Foreign Affairs that she was on a life support machine. Dr Sachs is the main defendant in the case.
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