"Bill Paxton and his family trusted the physicians and staff at this medical facility but instead Cedars-Sinai betrayed their trust," said the family's attorney Bruce Broillet in a statement.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the surgeon who treated the actor Bill Paxton before his death last year face a wrongful-death lawsuit from Paxton's family. (CN) – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the ...