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Susman Godfrey Founder Loses Battle With COVID-19
Steve Susman was an amazing attorney. I was at Steve's home in October for a Biden fundraiser https://www.law360.com/texas/articles/1292165/susman-godfrey-founder-loses-battle-with-covid-19?nl_pk=ea9b4e30-8594-42f1-9d2c-1b2219bde17e&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=texas&read_more=1
- Susman Godfrey LLP founder and renowned trial lawyer Stephen Susman passed away Tuesday after fighting a weekslong battle with COVID-19, which he contracted while recovering from a bike accident, according to his family.
In a post on the CaringBridge website, his wife Ellen Susman announced that her husband died peacefully with his family by his side. He was 79 years old.
"Our gallant Steve left us today," she wrote. "He fought a valiant battle, from his accident to rehab, but the combination of COVID and his weakened lungs were finally too much for his body. We are brokenhearted, but at peace with the fact that he is free and whole at last."
Susman had been admitted to a hospital in Houston on April 22 after sustaining a traumatic brain injury and breaking multiple bones in a bicycle accident, according to his family's posts. Although he was initially in a coma, he regained consciousness and was eventually transferred to a rehab facility in May where he began his slow recovery.
But three days after undergoing a surgery, on June 21, Susman had developed pneumonia and was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. His family wrote that they will never know when he contracted the virus and whether it occurred at the TIRR Memorial Hermann rehab facility or at the Memorial Hermann hospital where his surgery took place.
In a post on the CaringBridge website, his wife Ellen Susman announced that her husband died peacefully with his family by his side. He was 79 years old.
"Our gallant Steve left us today," she wrote. "He fought a valiant battle, from his accident to rehab, but the combination of COVID and his weakened lungs were finally too much for his body. We are brokenhearted, but at peace with the fact that he is free and whole at last."
Susman had been admitted to a hospital in Houston on April 22 after sustaining a traumatic brain injury and breaking multiple bones in a bicycle accident, according to his family's posts. Although he was initially in a coma, he regained consciousness and was eventually transferred to a rehab facility in May where he began his slow recovery.
But three days after undergoing a surgery, on June 21, Susman had developed pneumonia and was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. His family wrote that they will never know when he contracted the virus and whether it occurred at the TIRR Memorial Hermann rehab facility or at the Memorial Hermann hospital where his surgery took place.
