The family of the late actor Bill Paxton has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit against a Los Angeles hospital and the surgeon who performed his heart surgery shortly before he died in 2017, according to a court filing on Friday.
The suit, filed against Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre more than four years ago, had been scheduled to go to trial next month. But attorneys for Paxton's wife of 30 years, Louise, and their two children, James and Lydia, filed a notice in Los Angeles Superior Court that they had agreed to settle the case.
"The matter has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties," plaintiffs' lawyers Bruce Broillet and Steve Heimberg said in a statement.
The terms are confidential, the attorneys said.
Emails seeking comment from the defendants were not immediately returned. The agreement must still be approved by a judge.