Bill Paxton’s Family Settles Wrongful Death, Negligence and Battery Lawsuit Against Hospital
thewrap.com[sp], was going to use a high risk and unconventional surgical approach with which he lacked experience and which was, based on information and belief, beyond the scope of his privileges.”It went on to say that Khoynezhad wasn’t in the operating room when Paxton began suffering complications and didn’t arrange for continuous care and coverage before leaving the operating room.
Paxton died on Feb. 25, 2017, at age 61.“Due to Defendants’ acts and omissions, Decedent William Paxton suffered multiple complications, including but not limited to, excessive bleeding, cardiogenic shock, right ventricle dysfunction, ventricular tachycardia, right ventricular ischemia and a compromised right coronary artery,” the complaint added.“State and federal privacy laws prevent us from commenting about patient care without written authorization.
But we can share the following: Nothing is more important to Cedars-Sinai than the health and safety of our patients,” a spokeswoman for Cedars-Sinai told TheWrap in a statement at the time. “These remain our top priorities.
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