‘Bettor’ half sues over casino death
A Florida lawyer who suffered a heart attack while playing blackjack in a Las Vegas casino remained slumped on the table while the dealer kept dishing out cards for some 20 minutes, according to a lawsuit filed by his grieving widow.
David Jagolinzer, 48, a prominent attorney at the Ferraro Law Firm in the affluent Brickell section of downtown Miami, was a guest at the Wynn Las Vegas casino and resort on April 6 of last year.
While playing blackjack with friends and business associates, Jagolinzer’s “hand began convulsing at which point, he collapsed and became slumped over on the blackjack table with his head down,” the suit filed in Nevada civil court alleges.
The lawsuit goes on to allege that the dealer “continued to deal cards to another player at the table and continued to play blackjack.”
Wynn Resorts, which owns and operates the Wynn Las Vegas luxury hotel and casino, told The Post on Wednesday that the suit’s claims are false and the company will strongly defend itself.
Meanwhile, Jagolinzer “remained slumped over on the blackjack table with his arm extended onto the table for an unreasonable amount of time while no one employed by [the casino] intervened or checked to see if [he] needed medical attention,” the lawsuit alleges.
Jagolinzer was left to remain in his “unconscious state at the table for over twenty minutes” before casino staff noticed something was wrong, the court papers state. It was during these critical moments that Jagolinzer “sustain[ed] traumatic brain injury from lack of oxygen to his brain,” the lawsuit alleges.
Jagolinzer’s widow, Anna Hanks Jagolinzer, filed suit against Wynn Resorts, which “knew, or should have known, that a medical condition, such as cardiac arrest could occur on their property,” according to the court papers.
The lawsuit states that the delay in administering proper medical aid caused him to suffer from anoxic encephalopathy. He eventually died from the condition on Oct. 18, 2022.