Celebrities are often thought to be more or less immune from the everyday challenges of common folk, but as Dennis Quaid, the late Ed McMahon, Dana Carvey, and others have shown, they can be victims of medical malpractice just like anyone else.Now Academy Award-nominated actor, and Rhode Island native, James Woods is suing Kent Hospital in Rhode Island for the wrongful death of his 49-year-old brother, Michael, who died in 2006 after going into cardiac arrest on a hospital gurney in the hospital’s hallway.
Woods, who is bringing suit on behalf of his deceased brother’s estate and teenage son, said he is doing so to seek “justice.”
As we noted in our previous post on negligence at Rhode Island hospitals, whatever happens, at least he has the opportunity to bring this action - unlike states like California where so-called "tort reform" prevents many cases from going forward, or greatly limits the accountability of hospitals. Ask Dennis Quaid about that.
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