Search for: "Patricia Lipscomb" Results 1 - 3 of 3
Sorted by Relevance | Sort by Date
RSS Subscribe: 20 results | 100 results
29 Jul 2021, 11:00 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
But perhaps his most difficult role was as a patient at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital where he died in 2014.Lipscomb's wife, Patricia Melton, sued the hospital and his physician for wrongfully prolonging his life for around 60 days. [read post]
25 Feb 2021, 1:00 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
Five years ago, Patricia Melton sued Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital in Los Angeles Superior court for wrongfully refusing to comply with her instructions to discontinue mechanical ventilation keeping her husband actor Dennis Lipscomb alive.Melton alleged battery, IIED, elder abuse, and other tort and statutory claims. [read post]
29 Jun 2020, 12:30 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
Patricia Melton directed clinicians at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital and its affiliated long-term care facility (CHA Health Systems) to stop ventilatory support for her critically ill husband actor Dennis Lipscomb. [read post]