{"id":51659,"date":"2022-08-21T04:16:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T04:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bill-paxton-family-settles-with-cedars-sinai-in-wrongful-death-lawsuit-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-08-21T04:16:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T04:16:53","slug":"bill-paxton-family-settles-with-cedars-sinai-in-wrongful-death-lawsuit-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bill-paxton-family-settles-with-cedars-sinai-in-wrongful-death-lawsuit-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Paxton Family Settles With Cedars-Sinai in Wrongful Death Lawsuit \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tBill Paxton&#8217;s family has settled the wrongful death suit with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the doctor who operated on the actor.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tThe late actor&#8217;s family is notified the Los Angeles County Superior Court of the settlement on Friday, close to a month before the trail was set to start.  \u201cThe matter has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties,\u201d co-lead plaintiffs lawyers Bruce Broillet and Steve Heimberg said in a statement to <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.  The terms of the settlement are confidential.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tThe suit was filed in 2018, around a year after the <em>Apollo 13<\/em> and <em>Twister<\/em> star died at 57 of a stroke following a heart surgery for aortic aneurysm repair.  Paxton serious complications during and after the surgery \u2014 an operation his family alleged the hospital&#8217;s staff, including Paxton&#8217;s surgeon.  Ali Khoynezhad performed negligently. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tThey also alleged the hospital tried to cover up that negligence by not performing an autopsy and lying to the company hired for Paxton&#8217;s cremation and memorial service that his family didn&#8217;t want one. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tIn February, Paxton&#8217;s family settled with General Anesthesia Specialists Partnership in the wrongful death suit for $1 million, with the company maintaining that it bears no responsibility in Paxton&#8217;s death.  According to court documents, the group settled to \u201creasonably compensated plaintiffs and avoid exposing defendant to an expensive and time consuming litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n<p>\tThe claims against General Anesthesia Specialists Partnership included wrongful death, survival action and breach of fiduciary duty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m    \">\n\t<em>THR<\/em> has reached out to a representative for Cedars-Sinai.  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Paxton&#8217;s family has settled the wrongful death suit with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the doctor who operated on the actor. The late actor&#8217;s family is notified the Los Angeles County Superior Court of the settlement on Friday, close to a month before the trail was set to start. \u201cThe matter has been resolved to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bill-paxton-family-settles-with-cedars-sinai-in-wrongful-death-lawsuit-the-hollywood-reporter\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bill Paxton Family Settles With Cedars-Sinai in Wrongful Death Lawsuit \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter<\/span> Read More 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