US actor, who starred in Apollo 13, died in 2017 from stroke 11 days after undergoing heart surgery at Cedars-Sinai.
His wife and their children sued a year later, accusing Khoynezad of performing a risky, unconventional, unnecessary surgery on Paxton at Cedars-Sinai that he was too inexperienced to pull off. Some of his most prominent film appearances were in projects helmed by director James Cameron, including Titanic, Aliens and True Lies. The settlement’s terms were not disclosed.
The family of actor Bill Paxton has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed after his passing five years ago.
"It is with heavy hearts we share the news that Bill Paxton has passed away due to complications from surgery," a family representative said in a statement announcing the news at the time. Over the past four years, the Texas native's family attempted to uncover more evidence from the hospital's proceedings and frequently attended court hearings on the matter. Ali Khoynezhad of using a "high risk and unconventional surgical approach" that caused Paxton to endure excessive bleeding, cardiogenic shock, and a compromised coronary artery. His family, including his wife of 30 years, Louise Newbury, and their two children, James and Lydia, filed a wrongful death suit against the surgeon who performed the procedure as well as Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles four years ago. It also alleged that members of the Cedars-Sinai team were aware that Khoynezhad previously tended to perform "maverick surgeries and show suboptimal judgment." The defendants countered that the Paxton family was fully aware of the risks and still agreed to the procedure.
Paxton died on Feb. 25, 2017 from a stroke that came 11 days after surgery to replace a heart valve and repair aorta damage, according to his death certificate.
The agreement must still be approved by a judge. The settlement comes shortly before the matter was scheduled to go to trial. However, attorneys for Paxton’s wife of 30 years, Louise, and their two children, James and Lydia, filed a notice in Los Angeles Superior Court that they had agreed to settle the case.
The family of late actor Bill Paxton has reached a settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit. According to court documents obtained by People, ...
Paxton’s family previously reached a partial settlement of $1 million with General Anesthesia Specialists Partnership, the agency involved in his surgery. “The surgeon’s actions resulted in this tragic and preventable death.” Khoynezhad was “not in the hospital” when Paxton “began suffering the complications” and had neglected to arrange for “continuous care and coverage” during his absence from the hospital, which resulted in “a delay in treatment resulting in damage.”
The family of the late actor Bill Paxton has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit against a Los Angeles hospital and the surgeon who performed his ...
The defendants said there was no negligence that led to his death. The lawsuit, filed a year later, alleged that the surgeon, Dr. But attorneys for Paxton’s wife of 30 years, Louise, and their two children, James and Lydia, filed a notice in Los Angeles Superior Court that they had agreed to settle the case. The agreement must still be approved by a judge. The defendants said in court documents that Paxton and his family knew and understood the risks involved in the procedure, and voluntarily went on with the surgery. Emails seeking comment from the defendants were not immediately returned.
The family of actor Bill Paxton settles a wrongful death suit against the hospital that performed his heart surgery.
“It is with heavy hearts we share the news that Bill Paxton has passed away due to complications from surgery,” a family representative said in a statement at the time. It had been scheduled to go to trial next month, however the settlement was agreed to in a filing with the Los Angeles Superior Court. The lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center alleged that Paxton’s surgeon, Dr.
Bill Baxton's family has settled with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in their wrongful death suit against the hospital following the actor's death in 2017.
According to court documents, the group settled to “reasonably compensate plaintiffs and avoid exposing defendant to an expensive and time consuming litigation.” [was filed in 2018](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/bill-paxtons-family-sues-cedars-sinai-wrongful-death-1084394/), around a year after the Apollo 13 and Twister star died at 57 of a stroke following a heart surgery for aortic aneurysm repair. Paxton suffered serious complications during and after the surgery — an operation his family alleged the hospital’s staff, including Paxton’s surgeon Dr. The terms of the settlement are confidential. [settled with General Anesthesia Specialists Partnership](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/bill-paxtons-family-reaches-1m-settlement-with-anesthesiologist-group-over-actors-death-1235099763/) in the wrongful death suit for $1 million, with the company maintaining that it bears no responsibility in Paxton’s death. “The matter has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties,” co-lead plaintiffs lawyers Bruce Broillet and Steve Heimberg said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
Actor Bill Paxton's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit four years ago after he died from 'unconventional' heart surgery complications, ...
But according to the original report, the settlement is still pending approval from a judge. The surgeon’s actions resulted in this tragic and preventable death." It also notes that the surgeon left his job at Cedars-Sinai shortly after Paxton's The lawsuit claims that Dr. Ali Khoynezhad, acted "negligently, carelessly, recklessly and unskillfully," performing an "unconventional" surgery that added unnecessary post-surgical risks, according to [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2018/02/bill-paxton-wrongful-death-lawsuit-cedars-sinai-1202287605/).