Melissa Rivers to file multimillion-dollar wrongful death lawsuit
Joan Rivers‘ daughter has selected a powerhouse Manhattan law firm and will file a multimillion-dollar medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit against the endoscopy clinic where the legendary comedian lapsed into a coma during a routine throat procedure, sources told The Post. The doctors involved in the procedure will also be named, sources said.
Melissa Rivers is finalizing paperwork with the Financial District firm Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, the sources said.
The boutique firm, founded in 1919 making it one of the oldest in the city, is highly selective about its caseload and has a reputation for meticulous trial prep.
A rep for Gair declined to comment.
Medical malpractice lawyer Robert Vilensky, who is not involved in the pending Rivers litigation, said he expects Gair to charge the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic and all the doctors involved in treating Joan with not properly monitoring her Propofol, a sedative administered before the procedure. It is the same potent drug that Michael Jackson overdosed on.
Rivers’ official cause of death is “anoxic encephalopathy due to hypoxic arrest during laryngoscopy and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with propofol sedation.”
The 16-lawyer firm first needs to obtain Joan’s medical records before filing a case in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Joan’s will also needs to be be submitted to court and an executor appointed by a judge before the suit commences.
Vilensky told The Post that Gair’s firm, which represented the family of police shooting victim Amadou Diallo, has a reputation for being “low key” but also “very, very meticulous and very, very smart.”
They won $3 million for the Diallo family and recently scored a whopping $27.5 million verdict for a New York City woman who was run over by an MTA bus.
Still Vilensky said malpractice suits are tough to win because all medical procedures carry risks.
The legendary funnywoman died on Sept. 4 after going into cardiac arrest at the clinic on Aug. 28. She was 81.
Melissa Rivers is finalizing paperwork with the Financial District firm Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, the sources said.
The boutique firm, founded in 1919 making it one of the oldest in the city, is highly selective about its caseload and has a reputation for meticulous trial prep.
A rep for Gair declined to comment.
Medical malpractice lawyer Robert Vilensky, who is not involved in the pending Rivers litigation, said he expects Gair to charge the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic and all the doctors involved in treating Joan with not properly monitoring her Propofol, a sedative administered before the procedure. It is the same potent drug that Michael Jackson overdosed on.
Rivers’ official cause of death is “anoxic encephalopathy due to hypoxic arrest during laryngoscopy and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with propofol sedation.”
The 16-lawyer firm first needs to obtain Joan’s medical records before filing a case in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Joan’s will also needs to be be submitted to court and an executor appointed by a judge before the suit commences.
Vilensky told The Post that Gair’s firm, which represented the family of police shooting victim Amadou Diallo, has a reputation for being “low key” but also “very, very meticulous and very, very smart.”
They won $3 million for the Diallo family and recently scored a whopping $27.5 million verdict for a New York City woman who was run over by an MTA bus.
Still Vilensky said malpractice suits are tough to win because all medical procedures carry risks.
The legendary funnywoman died on Sept. 4 after going into cardiac arrest at the clinic on Aug. 28. She was 81.
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