The family of a man who died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Backus Hospital after being given three blood thinners has received a $2.65 million settlement.

Gary Wheelis was rushed to the Norwich-based hospital on Dec. 12, 2012, because he had chicken stuck in his throat, according to a 42-page lawsuit filed in New London Superior Court in 2014. Surgery to remove the chicken was successful, but Wheelis had a minor stroke soon after.

Wheelis, 63, died two days later after his doctors gave him the blood thinner heparin, according to Kelly Reardon, attorney for Wheelis' estate. The doctors were negligent because Wheelis was already on blood thinners, Reardon said.