A routine business trip to Las Vegas ended in tragedy for an Alabama man whose estate now claims two casino resorts turned a preventable illness into a fatal one.
The estate has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against South Point Hotel Casino and The Grandview at Las Vegas, alleging the man was exposed to Legionnaires’ disease bacteria while staying at the properties in March 2023. According to the complaint, he later developed severe respiratory failure and died on April 2, 2023.
The estate filed the complaint Monday in Clark County District Court against both resorts and their parent companies, asking for a jury trial. The suit brings four counts framed as wrongful death and survival actions. It alleges the decedent stayed five nights at The Grandview and two nights at South Point during that March 2023 trip, was later hospitalized with severe sepsis caused by Legionnaires’ disease, and died on April 2, 2023.
Public Health Probe and Test Results
The Southern Nevada Health District has already been looking hard at both properties. The agency says environmental water sampling at South Point and The Grandview turned up multiple positive Legionella results, prompting both hotels to begin remediation measures and notify guests…