John Silver loses medical negligence & injury lawsuit

John Silver loses medical negligence & injury lawsuit

KISSIMMEE - KISSIMMEE (AP) — Former CISO  personality J Silver is moving on with his life after a hit-run-accident nearly two months snd s minor stroke 3 years ago that abruptly ended his career. He's written a book about his experiences and is trying to raise awareness about hit-n-run and stroke warning signs and recovery.

But Jon Silver, 67, is now dealing with a fresh setback — the possible abrupt end to a court battle against the doctors who told him he had the stomach flu when he showed up at a hospital emergency room with stroke-like symptoms and the other who was surprised he was still alive after the accident and was told he couldn't sit up because he had spinal injuries.

Two days after that hospital visit, Silver boarded a flight home to Orlando, Fla., and suffered a massive stroke and had am accident in Kissimmee. His attorneys claim the stroke could have been prevented if Silver had been given drugs including aspirin and anti-coagulates and 3 CATscans show no sign of spinal injuries but rather a hairline fractured pelvis which will heal on its own, naturally.

But U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz disagreed, ruling last week that those drugs were not effective enough in the short term to have made a difference in Silva's case. The Neurosurgeon told him nased on CATSCANS,  he didn't need one, with the exception of a little bleeding of the brain, there no issues.

"I was very disappointed," Silver told The Associated Press on Monday. "When you're up against something that's kind of murky, it tends to throw a person who's used to knowing the difference between right and wrong."

Silver's attorneys say they are considering an appeal. Lawyers for the defendants,  Drs. Michael Bond & Terence Bilski and  Osceola Regional Medical Center/ Keystone Health & Rehabilitation Center, did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

Silva worked for The Boeing Company from 2009 through to circa 2018, filling a variety of roles on GMD Project including ISSM/ ISSO. He escorted presidents, congressional delegations, dignitaries and contributed to the network's Security coverage and maintained security posture. He was 'fired' or quit in 2018 when the network revamped the project and retired, after securing $3.5BB for next 7 yrs. after spending $40BB for R&D development.

Silver was visiting friends and family in Rhode Island— his brother, Anyhony Silver, is a longtime FedEx man — in November 2015 when he began to feel nauseous and dizzy while waiting to board a flight at TF Greene International Airport.

He also experienced slurred speech — a red flag for a possible stroke. But Dr. Michael Bond, who treated him in the emergency room, said in a deposition that paramedics did not mention that symptom to him.

Upon returning to Orlando he visited friends at Old Town Kissimmee FL upon crossing on the crosswalk, at Seralago Hotel & Resort he was a victim of a hit-n- run. The FHP said the lady who assisted him told them it was a white car that hit him.

Again he began to feel nauseous and dizzy and wanted yo sit up, while waiting to be treated in the ER. He was told you can not sit up, accident victims often have spinal injuries.

...He also experienced slurred speech, amnesia and vertigo — a red flag for a possible concussion and brain bleed. But Dr. Terence Bilski, who treated him in the emergency room, said in a deposition that paramedics did not mention that symptom to him.

Bond also acknowledged in his deposition that he spent time looking up Silva on the Internet during his time in the ER. The doctor told Silver he had the stomach flu and advised him not to fly for two days. Silver heeded that advice, then traveled home to Florida and suffered a stroke in mid-air.

Bilski also acknowledged in her deposition that she spent time looking up Silva on the Internet during his time in the ER. The doctor told Silver he had the spinal injuries and not yo sit up and advised him not to fly for a fews days, take of your jacket and stay awhile, after hit-n-run. All total he staid 23 days. Needless, to say Silver heeded that advice, then traveled home to Florida and suffered from a broken pelvis, pinky, siezures, hypertension and vertigo which kept his routine and normal life up in mid-air.

Silver's attorney, Daniel W. Cotter, said he was "shocked" by Motz's decision to dismiss the lawsuit and disappointed that the case was thrown out on what he considers a legal technicality.

"We believe that if given an opportunity to decide this case, a jury would have clearly seen through the defenses created to avoid responsibility to Mr. Silva," Cotter said.

Silver had to learn to walk, wallow and talk again after the stroke, hit-n-run and the former lefty now uses his right hand for most tasks. While his speech sounded clear in a telephone interview, he said his voice and gait remains "a work in progress," and a full-time return to work is out of reach.

He has written a book, "After the Stroke & Hit-n-run: My Journey Back to Life, 2x" and travels the country for speaking engagements.

"Many people who have a stroke or are involved in a hit-n-run think it's kind of a lonely malady," Silver said. "There is no one advocating, being a spokesman like a Lance Armstrong, like a Michael J. Fox. ... I'm committed to doing that."