When he was ready to have the skull section reattached on November 11, 2022, following his recovery from the first surgery, “Emory personnel could not identify Plaintiff Mr. Cluster’s bone flap,” according to the court filing.
According to the lawsuit, “there were several bone flaps with incomplete or missing patient identification”.
When medical staff went to recover Cluster’s skull section, suggesting that this may not have been an unusual incident.
They claimed that as a result, they “could not be certain which if any of these belonged to Mr. Cluster.”
In the end, Cluster was supposedly informed that the hospital would not be able to carry out the surgery.
Law & Crime received a statement from Cluster and his spouse over the weekend, written by lawyer Chloe Dallaire.