Melissa Rivers said filing the lawsuit was one of the most difficult decisions she has ever faced, but she wanted to make sure no family would suffer the same treatment.
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Rivers, 81, died a few days after the routine endoscopy at Yorkville Endoscopy in Manhattan. Doctors determined that Rivers died from brain damage suffered when she stopped breathing during the procedure.
Rivers' daughter Melissa filed the lawsuit in federal court on Monday against the clinic and the doctors who were treating her mother when she suffered the cardiac episode.
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"The level of medical mismanagement, incompetency, disrespect and outrageous behavior is shocking and frankly, almost incomprehensible," she said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. "Not only did my mother deserve better, every patient deserves better. It is my goal to make sure that this kind of horrific medical treatment never happens to anyone again."