http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/john_ritter The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.usmagazine.com/two_docs_cleared_in_john_ritter_wrongful_death_trial <div class="field field-type-text field-field-celebrity-news-dek"> <h3 class="field-label">Celebrity News Dek</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">The actor did not seek treatment following diagnosis, jury finds</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-body"> <h3 class="field-label">Body</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>A cardiologist and a radiologist were cleared of negligence Friday in the wrongful-death trial of actor <b>John Ritter</b>, the Associated Press reports.</p> <p>Ritter's widow <b>Amy Yasbeck</b> and four children had filed a $67 million lawsuit, claiming that two doctors did not properly treat the actor, who died of a torn aorta in 2003 at the age of 54. </p> <p>A proper diagnosis would have led to immediate emergency surgery and saved his life, they claimed.</p> <p>But a California jury found that Ritter was advised by the radiologist to follow up with treatment by a physician but did not do so. The radiologist had completed a body scan on him two years earlier.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-exclusive"> <h3 class="field-label">Is this an Us Exclusive, Breaking News, or just regular Top Story?</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-include-poll"> <h3 class="field-label">Include Poll</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-pop-up-poll"> <h3 class="field-label">Pop Up Poll</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-us-blog-image-preview"> <h3 class="field-label">Blog Photo 155x103</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.usmagazine.com/files/j-prev_9.jpg" alt="John Ritter and Amy Yasek" title="" width="155" height="103" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-breaking-news-image"> <h3 class="field-label">News Main Photo 155x175</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.usmagazine.com/files/j-news_9.jpg" alt="John Ritter and Amy Yasek" title="" width="155" height="175" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-image field-field-us-blog-image"> <h3 class="field-label">Story Photo 290 x TK</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.usmagazine.com/files/j-blog_8.jpg" alt="John Ritter and Amy Yasek" title="" width="290" height="446" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-blog-image-caption"> <h3 class="field-label">Us Blog Photo Caption</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">August 19, 2003</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-us-blog-photo-credit"> <h3 class="field-label">Us Blog Photo Credit</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">Jeffrey Mayer/Wireimage.com</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-related-posts"> <h3 class="field-label">Related Posts</h3> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">0</div> </div> </div> http://www.usmagazine.com/two_docs_cleared_in_john_ritter_wrongful_death_trial#comments John Ritter Death Trial Wrongful death Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:43:31 -0400 Mandi Illuzzi 16115 at http://www.usmagazine.com