Joan Rivers' estate sues New York surgical centre

New York

JOAN Rivers's estate has sued the surgical centre where complications during a procedure had led to her death, saying that it provided reckless and negligent treatment, violated her privacy and abandoned her when she needed emergency care.

Rivers' daughter Melissa and two other executors of the estate sued Yorkville Endoscopy LLC on Monday in New York State Supreme Court, according to a copy of the complaint provided by a lawyer for the group. Rivers, 81, a stand-up comedian, writer and television personality, was undergoing a diagnostic procedure to evaluate voice changes and acid reflux at Yorkville Endoscopy in Manhattan on Aug 28 when complications occurred. She died on Sept 4 at Mount Sinai Hospital.