Ritter collapsed in the studio in September 2003 while filming for his TV show 8 Simple Rules. He was immediately taken to the hospital across the road, but died hours later.
He was treated for a heart attack. It appears however that his sudden collapse was due to a pre-existing condition known as an aortic dissection. This was not discovered in time when he was receiving treatment in the hospital.
The suit claims that had a chest x-ray been done, that would have led to the right diagnosis and the correct treatment would have saved Ritter's life. The defence says that he was suffering an acute heart attack when the cardiologist arrived, and all was done that could have been done to save him.
The other doctor sued is the radiologist who had previously carried out a body scan on Ritter. It is claimed that he failed to warn Ritter of the potentially fatal condition.
The damages are based on the expected earnings that Ritter would have got from his TV series. The defence rejects this as speculative as there was no certainty that the show would have continued to be successful.
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