Not Guilty
Filed under: R.I.P.
After John Ritter's sudden death a few years ago, his family filed suit for negligence against his radiologist and cardiologist.
Ritter died in 2003 due to a torn aorta. His widow and children blamed the docs for not properly screening and warning Ritter.
On Friday, a California jury (with a verdict of 9-3) has cleared both doctors against all charges in this civil case.
To add even more salt to an open wound, the jury also found that after getting a full body scan in 2001, Ritter was advised by his radiologist to get follow up treatment by a physician. Unfortunately, Ritter never made the followup visit he was told to do.
Note to everyone, please take your doctor's advise seriously. If they tell you get seek treatment, do it. Be safe, y'all!
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WASNT CRIMINAL……… NOT GUILTY WRONG HEADLINE DOPE!!!
kind of an extraordinary lawsuit to begin with. Sad for the loss of John Ritter and especially for his family, but glad to hear that the doctors were found not guilty.
who cares!
I always find grammatical errors in your posts Perez! "ADVICE" is the noun, "ADVISE" is the verb. Take note.
Damn not first, sorry you died dude
It's not like those millions of dollars was going to bring the poor guy back to life anyway. I'm super glad that SOMEONE is being reasonable in our litigious-crazy society!
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thank god this jury wasn't packed with retards…you people want your healthcare costs brought down? STOP SUING DOCTORS FOR EVERY FUCKING THING. when will people realize that medicine is an imperfect science and that doctors are not out to harm people?
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RIP
Perez, shut up. You know nothing of what it is like to loose a family member. They have every right to be angry at the doctors.
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Ooooh.. I Miss him so much! I Love U John!!!
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Great advice! He was too young to die. I loved John in Three's Company!
RIP John Ritter…
I feel bad for John Ritter's family. I hope they can find some closure after this. R.I.P.
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Guilt is a criminal standard. Should read, Not Liable.
Yes, sorry for the family, but people need to take responsibility of their own health. And doctors and medical staff are human, and can make (in hindsight) the wrong choices.
Aww, I loved him.
i loved three's company too
I'm glad this was the verdict. It was very sad when he died but I don't believe doctors were responsible.
It's spelt ADVICE you idiot, you advise someone, you offer advice. Are you ever ashamed that you make so many idiot errors on your site?
you failed to mention that they received a 14million settlement from the other doctors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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anyone who has a dissecting aorta is lucky to make it to a hospital, but to be diagnosed before it totally ruptures is rare. Being angry at the doctors is common when someone dies- especially while 'tests and xrays" are being ordered- but the truth is, medicine will never, ever be perfect. Even if we ever have instant hand held scanning machines. John Ritter was likely to die at any moment and should have followed up. Blaming everyone else now is a moot point.
no wonder why I pay so much to doctors. with all this frivilous lawsuit BS going around.
Clue to the Clueless, people: You're all going to DIE, and NONE of you are guaranteed to live to a certain age! Doctor's don't have a magic wand to either diagnose or treat every single thing that's wrong with you!!!! duh!
Why is it that when people sue doctors, hospitals, etc. they say they are only doing it so that it won't happen to others in the furure? And then proceed to ask for millions of dollars in damages, which would only make it harder to improve care?
I'm glad justice won out in this case.
The truth will set you free doc,…..Lets drink till death.
So glad to see a jury that actually made a decision based on facts, not sympathy. The man died of a torn aorta, it was NOT THE PHYSICIANs FAULT. Doctors cannot fix everything although they really do try. Some doctors are negligent, but a bad outcome is definitely not always malpractice!!! The family is sad, has suffered a loss, but to blame the doctors who did everything they could do save him is unfair. Even though these physicians were found not liable, does anyone have any idea the hell they have gone through these past months defending themselves??? Is that fair?? This is why physicians don't want to treat people anymore. The nightmare of a malpractice suit, not to mention the cost of defending yourself are unbelievable.
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perez…you spelled "advice" wrong. its advice not advise. you should spell check or something before posting
You should really get your terminology straight. The terms "guilty" and "not guilty" are not used in civil cases. Also, there are no "charges." This is not a criminal prosecution.
HE PROBABLY JUST FORGOT. STOP BEING A FUCKING DOUCHE YOU TROLL
I'm probably one of John's biggest fans and I even admit that this lawsuit was unfair and only based on emotions and not facts. I can't imagine the pain that the family is going through right now, but the decision had to be made based on reason and not pity and sympathy. I can only pray for comfort for his family… may John continue to RIP.
hi fatzo,
I'm sure your doctors also gave you the advice to lose weight and go to the gym…
Perez, the term is NOT LIABLE, guilty implies criminal conduct, i.e. the Ritter family is guilty of gold digging.
The family already received a 12 million dollar settlement so to sue these docs was pure greed.
This is B.S. The trial wasn't about if John followed up with his doctors orders. It was about a person going into a hospital with one condition and getting treatment for the wrong damn condition, and in the case the person passed away. I believe if the doctors diagnosed him correctly and not a damn heart attack he would have lived and that was the trial about. John could have followed up and then what if the same thing happened? He would have went to work felt ill and never came back….who would have been negligent then? This is Bull Shit
Doctors cannot be held responsible for the sad results from a noncompliant patient. Your advice was good Perez. Listen to your doctor and follow up with the tests and program he prescribes for you. Patients who try to outguess their doctor or do not comply with the doctors recommendations get the P.I.T.A. award. That doesn’t mean they love animals it stands for Pain In The Arse.
It is an abomination that Ritter's widow filed this lawsuit to begin with! The doctors were completely not at fault. The family got $14M from the hospital when 80% of people with an aortic separation die. It is a difficult condition to detect; just because the doctor did not detect it does not mean malpractice.
Perez, I like ur website, but who are you to give people advices about what they shoud do?? Medicine is not always safe, and it's sometimes better to not take all the pills he prescribes you!!
Don't make general rules when you don't know what you're talking about!!
Good result. Seemed like pure greed on the part of the family, trying to win a big judgment based on Ritter's fame rather than on true malpractice. Hope Ms. Ritter has to pay the other side's legal fees.
It's not a matter of guilty or not guilty - this ain't a criminal matter.
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yeah, an aortic dissection is not something a doctor's going to happen to diagnose. A lot of the time it's mistaken for food poisoning.
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it's not guilty v. guilty in a civil case…it's liable v. not liable
Hi Honey, I love you and I am addicted to you. Just wanted to give you a little lawyer lingo lesson…I am one so I am qualified : ) It's "Not Liable" in a civil case and there are no charges, so it would be that the docs where found not liable for the alleged negligence in the civil suit brought by the decedant's family. My unsolicited two cents of clarification.
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I really liked John. I remember watching Three's Company when I was a kid & watched 8 Simply Rules before he died. He was a great actor & is missed. HOWEVER I think that the jury made the right decision. I don't think that just because someone dies (no matter how tragic) that we should auotmatically sue & assume that the doc did something wrong. Often times people just die. That's just how it is. BTW I do understand that Dr's make mistakes, I'm just saying that's not always the case. I hope his family will continue to heal from the pain of losing him.
The heading is completely misleading and inaccurate. Guilt is only a standard in a CRIMINAL case, not a CIVIL case. A more accurate heading would have been "Not Liable," but a guess it wouldn't attract as much attention. But it does make Perez look as ignorant as he is.
i miss john ritter, he was a one of a kind.
i totally agree with the follow up appointment. i went to the hospital christmas eve, they found nothing wrong with me, they said to "follow up" i felt like crap so i did and they found out i had cancer, that was spreading like wildfire. so you MUST get checked yearly, look at swazye, he more than likely did NOT have yearlies.
just do it!
What's with this health crap you keep spewing?! B-O-R-I-N-G.
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How sad that John Ritter has passed away and five years later they won't let the man rest in peace already! What his widow isn't happy with the millions he left her and their daughter? A wrongful death suit against the doctors because he wasn't "Warned?" HOW IGNORANT CAN YOU BE?
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I love John Ritter just like pretty much everybody else, but that lawsuit was f*cked up. So now someone dies and that's like buying a winning lottery ticket? Get that money America!! Sue your doctor!! Sue McDonald's!! Sue the Girl Scouts and the airlines!! Get what's yours!! RIP John.
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There is NO POSSIBLE WAY any doctor could have diagnosed a torn aorta in time for anyone to be saved; it just isn't possible.
The family is filled with grief… that is understandable, but to sue doctors because they are mad at god is completely unreasonable and should be against the law.
It is too bad some insurance companies (for the hospital, I guess) already paid out 14 million dollars to the family.
The doctors should sue the family now for their legal bills.
Everyone need to leave that man rest in peace !
Patients need to take responsibility for themselves. The radiologist was not responsible. His ONLY responsibility is to take the body scan, tell him what's wrong, what he should probably do and refer him to a cardiologist. John Ritter never did. Ritter was admitted into the ER and diagnosed with a heart attack. The attending or on call cardiologist is then paged for a consult. The ER physicians then update him on the status of the patient. Tests are ordered (a chest x-ray) and it was never done. That is the hospital's fault (that's why they probably had to pay out). But then he probably started crashing so there was no time for a test. Plus, if the patient isn't stabilized, then it would not be safe to transport them to radiology. It is also not guaranteed that they had time to put together a surgical team. Remember that this is a team: you have to call an anesthesiologist, cardiothoracic surgeon, surgical nurses, techs, etc. They need time to go over the patient's history, symptoms and prep the procedure.
He had an untreated, rare condition. His chances of surviving were slim. He was a ticking time bomb. It was bound to happen, but he never followed up. It may have possibly been prevented or at least prolonged his life. But his family had a history of heart disease. If he went to the a doctor at the same hospital which have electronic medical records, then they would have seen the radiologist's notes.
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I loved him
Perez, it seems you don't know your verbs from your nouns…advise with an "s" (as you showed it) is a verb. You were thinking of advice with a c.
I don't mean to be picky, but if a celeb made that mistake no doubt there would be an entry about it.
Crazy spell check…:)
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Perez you are just too sweet for words.
I think everyone should reconsider the responsibility of their personal health care. It is YOUR responsibility to pursue all recommended treatment. Call me bias because I plan to pursue a career in medicine, but I refuse to believe that anyone in this country really knows where the line is between personal and hired responsibility. $67 million is absurd, and as mentioned previously, people complain about excessive health care costs yet refuse to stop shelling out ridiculous law suits and learn to take responsibility for their own behavior.
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that sux that he died
FINALLY! Get these sue-happy fuckers away from the courts and stop wasting our money. Anybody notice why your docs are consolidating and it's harder and harder to get a decent amount of time with them? Does the office feel like a cattle herd? That's because these docs can't afford their insurance premiums anymore. Negligence is one thing (i.e. Dennis Quaid) but suing perfectly innocent doctors will not bring your loved ones back.
WOW it's no wonder her died, his coloring is AWFUL! He's all florid! Holy shit! Didn't ANYONE notice? If they did no one made him see a doctor.
i think the wife had already recvd 14 million from the hospital but i guess that wasnt enough and now she wanted to go after the physicians. what a bitch, its no wonder why healthcare costs are so so nutty.
I feel soo sorry for his family— to be without him. I still watch "Three's Company" and the "Problem Child" series and laugh each time. Rest In Peace, John.. You are loved and missed…
Gold Diggers! All they want is money… your money source ran out you ho… now you want some more… deal with it. Your meal ticket is gone!
I couldn't agree with you more! I don't usually so I'm taking this opportunity to let you know you are very right here.
i looooved john ritter!
what stupid lawsuit
it was ooooooobvious it was not a physician error..
this people from hollywood is all about money.
Doctors are not to harm people…..stop lawsuits again doctors………
Look at that smile… man i loved that guy! Miss u terrible John!!!
y'all, texas really got to you huh
hope all's well in Texas!
are lucky to have health insurance.
let alone be able to afford the doctor.
or would be lucky enough to afford the follow up apointment.
perez - due to healthcare issues in this country, not everybody can afford to follow up with their doctor. obviously john ritter would have been in a much better position to do so, but i think it's important to keep in mind that as much as millions of people would like to take their doctors seriously, the honestly cannot afford to do so.
Why do people feel the need to sue doctors??? Especially if they have money??? my father had a Mayo clinc physical 10 days before he died, they pronounced him him excellent health. He dropped over dead from a congential heart defect that can only be detected with a special test. There was no heart disease in our family prior to this…. are the Dr at fault for not realizing that "a history of…" has to start somewhere. Dr are people too and I am pretty sure they don't like to see patients die either?? Sueing them is just ruing too families lives and no amount of moeny will bring the dead person back or make up for what was lost in a life time with out them. Guessing his life insurance people were pretty ticked off.
Amy Yasbeck should have never even sued. She did this for the money so she wouldn't have to get a job. That is being lazy and greedy. John Ritter died quickly and would have never made it out alive from the operating room. I am glad to know that at least these doctors chose not to settle like the rest of them did. I would have fought her all the way.
Good! That is the right judgment.
oh perez! subject-verb agreement!!
now what is his wife going to do for money!!! LOSER!!!!
An aortic dissection (tear in your aorta, one of the main arteries directly from your heart) is SO RANDOM. Its so sudden… you aorta tears and about 60 seconds later you are dead. The only way to live if you have one is to literally be on the surgery table with your chest already open when it happens. Even then, most people will die. There is NO way to screen for this. Its just really very tragic, unfortunate and unavoidable.
Oh #76, shame on you saying >>>>Ahh the importance of medical transcriptionists. Thank you, thank you. Send your work overseas and you won't have the same outcome>>> I am a credentialed American medical transciptionist and NO ONE is more aware of the HIPAA (NOT HIPPA rules as so many of you mis-type!) than me and many of my American ilk are. We are the "little people" and have no control over the work that WE HOLD SACRED being moved offshore. Shame on you for even thinking that we do. Don't blame us, we're just trying to make an American living with what crumbs they give us.
I wholeheartedly agree with the jury. It was purely a money grab. He had responsibility for this own health, and failed to follow up. You see what happened, death. Same with Patrick Swayze, smoking even during chemo.
Aortic dissections are 90% fatal, even when diagnosed before they blow. It is VERY unlikely that John Ritter would have survived , even if he made it to the OR. It is sad, but there was not really anything anyone could have done to change the outcome.
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