The mother of a 30 year-old woman who died at Edensburg Center because of a drug overdose has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Pennsylvania.
According to court documents, Marlene Thrower, of Pittsburgh, claims negligence by the center’s medical staff caused her daughters death. She says her daughter, Csilisa received tow injections of a powerful drug within an hour on December 29, 22007. Thrower contends her daughter became unconscious and died about 40 minutes after the second shot.
The lawsuit names the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Secretary Estelle Richman, and numerous employees at the center. Thrower filed the lawsuit in the Cambria County Court of Common Pleas but it was recently moved to a federal court in Johnstown by the defense.