Rivers underwent the ill-fated operations at Yorkville on Aug. 28, 2013. On Sept. 4, 2014, Rivers died at the age of 81 after she was removed from life support.
Melissa Rivers has settled the malpractice lawsuit against New York clinic Yorkville Endoscopy Center over her mother Joan Rivers‘ death.
Rivers, 48, announced that she had reached a settlement with the Yorkville Endoscopy Center on Twitter Thursday.
“The lawsuit concerning my mother’s death has been settled,” Rivers wrote. “In accepting this settlement, I am able to put the legal aspects of my mother’s death behind me and ensure that those culpable for her death have accepted responsibility for their actions quickly and without equivocation.”
Now that the civil suit is behind her, Rivers hopes to turn her attention to advocating for higher safety standards in centers like the one in which her mother suffered complications that led to her death.
“Moving forward, my focus will be to ensure that no one ever has to go through what my mother, Cooper and I went through and I will work towards ensuring higher safety standards in out-patient surgical clinics,” Rivers wrote. “I want to express my personal gratitude to my legal team for their wise counsel and prompt resolution of this case.
A spokesperson for Yorkville Endoscopy also released a statement to confirm the settlement and to pledge to provide “quality” healthcare services.
“Our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to the Rivers family,” the spokesperson told ABC News. “Today, the parties agreed to settle this case to avoid protracted litigation. We remain committed to providing quality, compassionate healthcare services that meet the needs of our patients, their families and the community.”
Rivers underwent the ill-fated operations at Yorkville on Aug. 28, 2013. On Sept. 4, 2014, Rivers died at the age of 81 after she was removed from life support.
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