Trending News|October 29, 2014 12:20 EDT
Joan Rivers Death: Melissa Rivers to File Lawsuit Against Endoscopy Clinic Where Joan Rivers Fell Into Coma
New reports claim that Joan Rivers' daughter, Melissa Rivers, has commissioned a Manhattan legal firm and will file a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the endoscopy clinic where her mother fell into a coma.
According to reports, Melissa Rivers hired a Manhattan legal powerhouse including Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz to look into the case of her mother and legendary comic Joan Rivers.
Most likely, Melissa Rivers aims to file a multi-million dollar wrongful death lawsuit and medical malpractice against Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic.
"In order to fully determine all of the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of Joan Rivers We confirm that our firm has been engaged by Melissa Rivers and her family," the legal firm said in a statement in Daily Mail.
Moreover, Dr. Gwen Korovin and Dr. Lawrence Cohen, the doctors who performed, what was supposedly a routine throat procedure, will also be sued for medical malpractice, according to the New York Post.
Iconic comedienne and showbiz icon Joan Rivers, 81, passed away on Sept. 4 due to "anoxic encephalopathy due to hypoxic arrest during laryngoscopy and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with propofol sedation," and suffered cardiac arrest in the Yorkville Clinic earlier on Aug, 28 prompting daughter Melissa Rivers to issue an investigation on her mother's death.
"Melissa does plan to sue the clinic. It's very difficult to discuss something so unpleasant with her, but she is going to launch the lawsuit," a friend of the Rivers family confirmed to Daily Mail earlier this month.
Friends and family of Melissa Rivers support her decision, and are looking to have questions answered like; was an anesthesiologist present during Joan Rivers' procedure?
On a side note, Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, established in 1919, is among the oldest law firms in New York, and is reported to be very selective of its clients.
The firm is required to get Joan Rivers' medical records before pushing to file the case in Manhattan Supreme Court.
