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John Ritter's Family Seeks $67M In Medical Trial

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Jury selection gets under way Tuesday in Los Angeles in the $67 million negligence lawsuit filed by the family of John Ritter.

The actor's family is suing radiologist Matthew Lotysch and cardiologist Joseph Lee, claiming Ritter would have survived if the doctors had recognized his heart abnormality and not treated it like a heart attack.

Ritter was 54 when he died of a tear in his aorta in September 2003 after being taken to the emergency room at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank.

Defense lawyers say Ritter's condition mimics a heart attack and that the doctors did nothing wrong.

The family has already received a reported $14 million in settlements with nine other medical entities, including the hospital.

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