Bill Paxton’s Widow and Children to Receive $1 Million After Settling 2018 Wrongful Death Lawsuit

usmagazine.com:

Bill Paxton‘s family has partially settled with an anesthesiologist medical group after suing for negligence in connection with his 2017 death.Attorneys representing General Anesthesia Specialists Partnership submitted paperwork to a Los Angeles court on Wednesday, February 23, in order to approve the $1 million settlement.

In documents obtained by Us Weekly, the medical group denied having any responsibility for the Twister actor’s death, arguing that “its personnel complied with the standard of care insofar as their involvement in the care and treatment of [Paxton].”According to the docs, the court must find that the settlement was made in good faith in order for Paxton’s loved ones to receive it.

A trial for the remainder of the case is set for September, during which other defendants, including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, will be heard.The Training Day alum suffered a fatal stroke days after undergoing heart surgery to repair a damaged coronary artery in February 2017.

He was 61 years old.In 2018, Paxton’s wife, Louise Newbury, and their children — son James, 28, and daughter Lydia, 24 — filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Ali Khoynezhad, the surgeon who performed the Big Love alum’s operation.