Overview
- The complaint, filed Sept. 18 in Clark County District Court by Heslin’s husband and estate, alleges staff at Javier’s inside Aria failed to render timely lifesaving aid after his June 25, 2024 collapse.
- The filing claims employees did not perform CPR, did not retrieve an on-site automated external defibrillator, and “forcefully interfered” with a woman who began chest compressions.
- According to the suit, friends were removed from the restaurant, threatened with arrest for trying to help, and told to delete videos of the incident.
- The lawsuit asserts five counts — including wrongful death, negligence, and negligent hiring and supervision — and seeks damages beyond Nevada’s civil threshold, funeral costs, and punitive relief.
- Heslin died on July 2, 2024 after a week in the hospital; the complaint lists no cause of death, though his husband previously cited an unexpected cardiac event, and the case now moves through pretrial litigation.