The family of television star John Ritter has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital and medical staff who treated the 54-year-old actor after he collapsed on the set of the ABC sitcom "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" last year.
The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Los Angeles County Superior Court by Ritter's wife, Amy Yasbeck, and four children, including actor Jason Ritter, claims Ritter's death was caused by "misdiagnosing his condition" and "failing to provide proper treatment in connection with an ascending aortic aneurysm that would have saved his life."
