Trial set in Pennsylvania woman's death at New Jersey shore following town's Polar Bear Plunge
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A lawsuit filed by the parents of a Pennsylvania woman who died after attending an icy-water Polar Bear Plunge at the New Jersey shore is headed to court.
Jury selection is expected to begin Wednesday in Camden in the case of 35-year-old suburban Philadelphia resident Tracy Hottenstein. Her body was found near a pier in Sea Isle City on Feb. 15, 2009.
The lawsuit says she may have been alive but suffering from hypothermia and paramedics didn't take adequate steps to save her.
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Hottenstein had been drinking with friends after the town's annual Polar Bear Plunge the previous night. She didn't take the plunge but fell off a pier later.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. It names AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center and the doctor who pronounced Hottenstein dead. Their lawyers haven't responded to requests for comment.