What a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Reveals About America’s Largest Oxygen Provider

LeQuon Marquis Vernor , 27 , died in 2020 from obstructive sleep apnea.

He relied on a Lincare-supplied BiPAP machine to help him breathe while sleeping.

The company took seven days to respond to his mother's report that the device had stopped working.

The case is set to go to trial in state court in St. Louis on March 17 .

LeQuon Vernor's mother found him motionless in bed with bloody fluid and foam coming out of his mouth and nose.

Autopsy found his lungs were a “maroon’s color, heavily “congested and edematous” Autopsy attributed his death to “complications of obstructive sleep apnea” Lincare has a decadeslong history of Medicare -related misconduct.

LeQuon Vernor’s 2015 prescription, filled by Lincare , specified that he had a “lifetime” need for a BiPAP.

Two former managers told ProPublica that they were discouraged from dispatching temporary replacement equipment.

At least one manager instructed staff to falsely tell customers “all our loaners are out”.