Woman died waiting on home warranty company to fix her AC, lawsuit says

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Virginia DeSapio died in her Nevada house after a home warranty company failed to repair her air conditioner in a timely manner, a new lawsuit claims.

Last week, DeSapio’s nephews and their attorney filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Clark County District Court against Fidelity National Home Warranty Co. They allege the company ignored DeSapio’s emergency repairs request as she succumbed to fatal heat stress.

repairs, at her Henderson, Nev., home, the lawsuit claims. Having lived in Nevada for more than 20 years, she was known for making delicious iced tea and greeting neighbors on walks with her pets, her nephews said in a statement.air conditioner on Aug. 11, Fidelity National scheduled an appointment for the next day, which it later postponed, the lawsuit claims. It delayed another appointment scheduled for Aug. 15, according to the suit.

The next day, Fidelity National told DeSapio that the delays were due to “technician researching pricing” and that it would make the repairs byBut on Aug. 22, DeSapio wasn’t answering Kelley’s calls, Morris said, so Kelley asked a neighbor to check on her. The neighbor found DeSapio dead in her home as a result of heat stress, according to Morris and the lawsuit.

“These companies take the money and they promise that they’re going to be doing something, and … when it comes to actually getting it done, they failed to do it,” Morris said.

 

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The picture from 1978 is all that was available?

It is not likely the home warranty company is held accountable. Oddly, her family is here to sue but was not around while she endured the heat.

But the commercial said that if my toilet is sucking everything in the bathroom into it like a black hole I'm OK.

It may not be heat but old age that killed her methinks.

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