A nurse was found not liable for an injury that occurred to a patient due to failed intubation attempts during an abdominal liposuction.

On Jan. 17, 2017, plaintiff Lucia Urquiola, an unemployed woman in her 50s, presented to Miami Plastic Surgery for an abdominal liposuction. Dr. Nirmal Joseph, an anesthesiologist, initially attempted to intubate Urquiola for the surgery. Joseph had trouble seeing the airway and had to try a blind insertion of the tube.