Ed McMahon files suit against ‘friend’ and hospital to get out of debt?
Posted on July 19th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Sadly Ed McMahon filed suit Friday against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a billionaire homeowner over a broken neck the TV personality suffered when he fell at a dinner party.
McMahon, 85, Johnny Carson’s sidekick on The Tonight Show and a longtime product pitchman, says the injury has prevented him from working and has contributed to his financial crisis. This comes when his house in Beverly Hills, California is in foreclosure, $644,000 in arrears on a $4.8 million loan!
It’s alleged that his wife’s spending habits are the reason Ed McMahon is losing his house. TMZ says Pamela McMahon is “oblivious” to the late night legend’s cash troubles, and shops like their life depended on it. That’s causing an issue for Ed’s friends, who are conflicted about bailing him out. They don’t want to see their 85-year-old friend foreclosed on and homeless, but they also don’t want to encourage Pamela’s passion for Prada. Well if Ed’s friends aren’t going to help him, it appears he is going to help himself to their money.
According to the L.A. Superior Court suit, McMahon tumbled on “unsafe entry stairs” at a March 2007 dinner party at the home of Robert Day, the founder of the Los Angeles investment management firm TCW Group. He slips and falls at a “friends” house and now he’s going to sue him!
The suit also claims McMahon was rushed to Cedars, but a doctor failed to diagnose his broken neck and then discharged him, the suit alleges. Only weeks later was the injury discovered, but treatment – including spinal surgery – “fell below the applicable standard of care.
“We had hoped to avoid a lawsuit, but our discussions were not fruitful and we were left with no other option,” says McMahon’s spokesman, Howard Bragman. “That being said, we believe our suit has great merit and we expect a favorable resolution.”
Well that’s one way to get out of debt but watch out for Karma!
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Poor man! I feel so bad for him. He did the right thing by filing the suit.