Broward Judge Michelle Towbin Singer entered an order allowing Andrea S. Oriolo, who is the personal representative for deceased Saverio Sasso, to seek punitive damages in a wrongful-death medical malpractice case against Cleveland Clinic Florida Health System Nonprofit Corp.

The case involves an alleged botched intubation of the 52-year-old man, who went to the hospital’s emergency room with a kidney infection. The procedure allegedly resulted in his anoxic brain injury and death, according to the complaint.