A civil jury acquitted two doctors in the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of actor John Ritter. Ritter, 54, died in 2003 on the set of his hit show “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.” In acquitting radiologist Matthew Lotysch and cardiologist Joseph Lee, the jurors found that Ritter’s death could have been prevented, the Los Angeles Times reported. The trial in Los Angeles Superior Court in Glendale centered on whether Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank should have recognized that Ritter had a tear in the largest blood vessel in the body when he sought treatment for chest pain that had begun earlier that day while he was on the set of his show, the Times reported. The family already has received more than $14 million in settlements, according to court records, including $9.4 million from Providence St. Joseph, the Times reported.
