Date fixed for fatal surgery lawsuit

THE New York State Supreme Court yesterday fixed September 15 for the start of the multi-million-euro lawsuit taken by the husband and young sons of a Co Limerick woman who died after a facelift.

Kay Cregan, 42, who lived in Croom with husband Liam and sons Brian and Eoghan, underwent facial surgery at the Manhattan clinic of Dr Michael Sachs on March 14, 2005.

She died three days later at St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, where she was rushed and placed on a life support machine.