Crime & Safety
Joan Rivers' Family Settles with Clinic That Caused Her Death
Rivers was a Westchester native, growing up in Larchmont.
The family of Joan Rivers has settled a malpractice suit filed against the medical clinic blamed for her death.
BBC News said the Yorkville Endoscopy center had done unauthorized procedures, according to the family.
Rivers, a Larchmont native, died in 2014 at the age 81.
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Melissa Rivers settles medical malpractice suit with mother Joan Rivers' medical clinic. https://t.co/JLXZLdge0t pic.twitter.com/M7rqoYhoJN
— ABC News (@ABC) May 13, 2016
Her daughter, Melissa Rivers, said in a statement that the settlement puts the legal aspects of her mother’s death behind her, cnn.com reported.
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The settlement terms were not disclosed.
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