John Ritter's Family Loses Wrongful-death Lawsuit
Amy Yasbeck and daughter by Barry King/WireImage.com
John Ritter's family lost their wrongful-death lawsuit against the late actor's doctors on Friday, and the jury cleared the radiologist and cardiologist of negligence charges. Ritter died unexpectedly in 2003 from a torn aorta.
Jurors on the case, which was worth $67 million to the Ritter family, believed that Ritter did not follow the advice of his radiologist, Dr. Matthew Lotysch, to seek the advice of a physician following a 2001 body scan. Dr. Joseph Lee, who treated Ritter the night before his death, was the other defendant in the case.
The case was brought by Ritter's widow, Amy Yasbeck, and his four children. The family has collected $14 million in previous settlements regarding Ritter's death. Ritter was starring in ABC's
8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter when he died.
What's your view on the ruling? Should the doctors have been found negligent, or were they unfairly accused?
- Anna Dimond
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