The wife of a Long Island man who died after he was sucked into an MRI machine is suing the radiology clinic.
Keith McAllister’s widow, Adrienne Jones-McAllister, filed a lawsuit against Nassau Open MRI.
Keith McAllister tragically died after he was sucked into the MRI machine while wearing a heavy chain around his neck.
The accident happened on July 16, 2025, when McAllister accompanied his wife to the radiology office to get an MRI scan of her knee.
After the imaging was completed, the MRI technician asked McAllister to help his wife down from the table.
But the powerful magnet caused him to be “drawn into” the machine, according to the lawsuit, obtained by PEOPLE.
Jones-McAllister’s daughter, Samantha Bodden, said McAllister “was attached to the machine for almost an hour before they could release the chain from the machine.”
He died the next day after suffering several heart attacks.
Bodden launched a GoFundMe to help pay her mother’s living expenses after the loss of McAllister’s income.
Jones-McAllister “witnessed and was totally aware through all of her senses” as her husband suffered through his injuries up until his July 17 death, the lawsuit claimed.
MRI machines use powerful magnets to take detailed images of internal organs. The room must be cleared of all metallic objects, including jewelry, before operating an MRI machine.
Adrienne Jones-McAllister accused the MRI clinic of negligence for “failing to inform McAllister to remove the chain from his neck and permitting him to enter the MRI room.”
Jones-McAllister previously explained that her husband suffered several heart attacks and died, News 12 Long Island reported. “He went limp in my arms,” she told the outlet in July 2025.
