Bill Paxton's Family Sue Hospital And Surgeon Over Wrongful Death
Paxton's family is suing L.A. hospital Cedars-Sinai and the doctor who performed the operation.
A year on from the sudden death of beloved character actor Bill Paxton from surgical complications following heart surgery, the star’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai hospital and the doctor who operated on him.
On February 25th 2017, Paxton died at the age of 61 after suffering a stroke, just 11 days after he had undergone heart surgery.
In the lawsuit, whose documentation has been seen by Entertainment Tonight and other outlets, Paxton’s family claim that the surgeon in question used “a high risk and unconventional surgical approach with which he lacked experience,” and “misrepresented and/or concealed information relating to the risks of surgery,” which led to complications afterwards.
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