Joan Rivers news reported that the clinic allegedly responsible for the late comedienne's untimely death has been slammed with a multi-million dollar lawsuit by Melissa Rivers.
According to a report from New York Daily News, the late "Fashion Police" host's only daughter will file a formal case against Yorksville Endoscopy. The said medical facility was where her Joan Rivers reportedly suffered from a cardiac arrest that led to her death last September 4. She was 81 years old.
46-year-old Melissa Rivers signed Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Maloof, Bloom and Rubinowitz to take on the high profile case.
The said Joan Rivers lawsuit news was confirmed by the legal team's managing partner, Ben Rubinowitz: "In order to fully determine all the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of Joan Rivers, we confirm that our firm has been engaged by Melissa Rivers and her family."
Other high profile cases taken by The Gair firm were listed by New York Daily News. One was a $3 million litigation settlement for Amadou Diallo, who died in February 1999 after being shot with 41 police bullets in his Bronx apartment.
Joan Rivers lawsuit news followed earlier reports revealing the former "Fashion Police" host's inheritance for her only daughter.
According to a report from Us Weekly, the late TV icon has passed on her estate to Melissa Rivers, worth an estimated total of $100 million. Joan Rivers estate will be in form of cash, investments, and antiques from Joan Rivers' New York apartment.
Us Weekly added that Melissa Rivers' son, Cooper Endicott, will also receive a "very large" multi-million dollar trust separate from his mother's inheritance.
According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, the comedy icon died from lack of oxygen.
The detailed statement from the New York City medical examiner rep Julie Bolcer read: "OCME [Office of the Chief Medical Examiner] has completed its investigation. The cause of Ms. Rivers' death is anoxic encephalopathy due to hypoxic arrest during laryngoscopy and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with propofol sedation for evaluation of voice changes and gastroesophageal reflux disease. The manner of death is therapeutic complication."
"The classification of a death as a therapeutic complication means that the death resulted from a predictable complication of medical therapy," the statement added.
