Sean Quigley, 31, a volunteer firefighter from Floral Park, died on December 2, 2017, from acute intoxication of oxycodone and oxymorphone. Records and later prosecutors’ accounts say Quigley had long struggled with opioid addiction and by 2017 showed signs consistent with liver failure—retaining fluid and losing significant weight—yet continued to receive high-dose narcotic prescriptions from Nassau County physician Dr. George Blatti.

Prosecutors later focused on Blatti’s prescribing practices as a common thread in a cluster of fatal and non-fatal overdoses. Quigley was prescribed 180 oxycodone pills on November 21, 2017, eleven days before his death. Investigators described irregular office arrangements and alleged prescriptions issued without meaningful examinations; Blatti was arrested April 18, 2019, and authorities said Quigley’s death was one of several linked to the same prescriber under a theory of depraved indifference.

If anyone knew Sean, his medical care, or the circumstances around his prescriptions in late 2017, please share information that could help clarify what happened.