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Mar 13, 2008 4:17 pm US/Pacific

Deliberations Begin In John Ritter Death Lawsuit

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) ― A Glendale, California, Superior Court jury has begun deliberations in a lawsuit against two doctors in the death of actor John Ritter.

The case went to the jury Thursday morning and the panel spent 2 1/2 hours behind closed doors before breaking for lunch.

Ritter's family is seeking $67 million in damages from a radiologist and a cardiologist.

The lawsuit claims the radiologist failed to spot an enlarged aorta after giving the actor a body scan two years before his death and that the cardiologist committed malpractice after Ritter was brought to an emergency room.

Ritter was diagnosed with a heart attack but actually died from a torn aorta.

The doctors' lawyers told the jury in closing arguments that the physicians did nothing wrong.

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