Since then, more developments have surfaced in regard to Melissa Rivers’ allegations, CNN reports, particularly that the surgeons performing an upper endoscopy on Joan Rivers failed to follow proper protocol and that they were “reckless, grossly negligent and wanton.”
The plaintiff alleges that after the endoscopy physician, Lawrence Cohen, MD, took a selfie with Ms. Rivers while she was under sedation during the procedure, without her consent.
According to the medical examiner’s office, Joan Rivers’ death was caused by brain damage resulting by lack of oxygen that happened during a laryngoscopy that followed the selfie.
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