Melissa Rivers Assembles Attorneys

Melissa Rivers has recently taken steps towards what could be a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over her mother’s death. 

Melissa hired the New York firm of Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz to initiate a wrongful death suit against the Upper East Side clinic, Yorkville Endoscopy.  Melissa’s mother, Joan Rivers, went into cardiac arrest during a procedure at this clinic.  Her cause of death was listed as “anoxic encephalopathy due to hypoxic arrest,” which is brain damage from lack of oxygen.

“In order to fully determine all the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of Joan Rivers, we confirm that our firm has been engaged by Melissa Rivers and her family,” remarked Ben Rubinowitz, a managing partner at the firm. 

Yet before any moves can be made in Melissa’s case, Rivers’ will must be filed in court.  Melissa is expected to be named as executor of Rivers’ estate, and prior to filing a lawsuit, a judge must empower her to act on behalf of the estate.

See Barbara Ross and Dareh Gregorian, Joan Rivers’ Daughter to File Lawsuit Against Yorkville Endoscopy, Clinic Where Comic Had Fateful Procedure, NY Daily News, Oct. 28, 2014.