PAXTON FAMILY LAUNCHES SUIT
The family of Bill Paxton has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against a Los Angeles hospital and the surgeon who performed the actor’s heart surgery shortly before he died.
The suit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center alleges the surgeon used a “high-risk and unconventional surgical approach” that was unnecessary and that he lacked the experience to perform, and that he downplayed the procedure’s risks.
And it alleges the hospital knew the surgeon, Dr. Ali Khoynezhad, tended to “engage in maverick surgeries and show suboptimal judgment.”
Paxton’s death certificate says he died Feb. 25, 2017, from a stroke, 11 days after surgery to replace a heart valve and repair aorta damage. He was 61. Cedars-Sinai said it could not offer public comment about Paxton’s case, citing privacy laws.