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flag An 80-year-old woman was mistakenly declared dead, found alive days later in a morgue freezer, sparking a lawsuit over wrongful death.

flag An 80-year-old Los Angeles woman, Maria de Jesus Arroyo, was declared dead in July 2010 after a cardiac arrest and placed in a hospital morgue freezer. flag Days later, funeral workers found her face-down in a partially opened body bag with facial injuries, including a broken nose, suggesting she had regained consciousness and tried to escape. flag A family-appointed pathologist concluded she had been alive and conscious when sealed in the freezer, dying from exposure. flag The family sued for wrongful death and medical malpractice, initially dismissed due to the statute of limitations, but a California appellate court reinstated the case, ruling they couldn’t have known she was alive at the time. flag The hospital denies wrongdoing, stating it followed proper procedures.

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