Widow of man killed in MRI horror sues Westbury imaging center

The widow of the Westbury man killed by an MRI machine is suing the imaging center where he died, alleging staff allowed him into the scan room without screening him for metal — while she remained on the table of the machine.

Adrienne Jones McAllister filed a lawsuit this week in Nassau County Supreme Court against Nassau Open MRI P.C., along with several affiliated entities tied to the facility and its equipment.

Her husband, Keith McAllister, 61, died last July — one day after joining his wife for what was supposed to be a routine knee scan.

Adrienne McAllister says in her complaint that a technician summoned her husband into the MRI room to help her off the table after her scan. He was wearing a large metallic chain around his neck.

The machine’s powerful magnetic field pulled the chain — and Keith McAllister — into the scanner, authorities said, while his wife was still on the table and witnessed the incident.

Keith McAllister never left the hospital, suffering multiple heart attacks and dying the following day.

The lawsuit argues that he was within the “zone of danger” and alleges that witnessing her husband’s suffering and death firsthand has caused Adrienne McAllister severe, permanent emotional and psychological injuries..

The complaint outlines a series of alleged failures, including allowing Keith McAllister into the MRI room without proper screening, failing to instruct him to remove the chain, not shutting down the machine before he entered, and not activating emergency procedures once he became trapped.

“Defendants knew or should have known that allowing individuals with metallic objects into the MRI room presents a serious and well documented risk of catastrophic injury, including death,” the complaint states.

The suit names Nassau Open MRI P.C., East Coast Radiology P.C., Sun Enterprises, and GM Partners Westbury LLC as defendants.

Reached on Thursday, a representative for Nassau Open MRI said the company will not comment on the lawsuit or the circumstances surrounding the incident.

_{Top photo: Keith McAllister (Facebook) and McAllister with his wife Adrienne Jones-McAllister (courtesy of GoFundMe).}