Last week, news broke that music superstar Prince died after taking a counterfeit Vicodin pill laced with fentanyl. Today, Minnesota Public Radio reported that attorneys from Prince’s estate have filed a wrongful death suit against an Illinois hospital and Walgreens.
The lawsuit claims that Trinity Medical Center in Moline, Illinois, failed to properly treat Prince when he was briefly at the facility in April 2016, about a week before his death.
"We will have much to say when the time is right," attorney John Goetz, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of Prince's family, said in a statement, according to Rolling Stone. "We have client interests to protect at the moment, including our theory of the case. What happened to Prince is happening to families across America. Prince's family wishes, through its investigation, to shed additional light on what happened to Prince. At the same time, further light on the opiate epidemic will hopefully help the fight to save lives. If Prince's death helps save lives, then all was not lost."
For more about the suit, including details of his opioid-related overdose, click the link below:
Nicholas joined TriMed in 2016 as the managing editor of the Chicago office. After receiving his master’s from Roosevelt University, he worked in various writing/editing roles for magazines ranging in topic from billiards to metallurgy. Currently on Chicago’s north side, Nicholas keeps busy by running, reading and talking to his two cats.