“Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller sued a prominent Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday, alleging that doctors left a foreign object in her body after performing surgery.
Miller, known for her starring role on the hit reality TV show, is suing Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and two doctors for medical malpractice, professional negligence and medical battery.
The 59-year-old former reality star alleges that the physicians left a catheter inside her abdomen after she had spinal surgery in 2020.
“However, the care and safety of our patients, staff and visitors are always Cedars-Sinai’s top priorities,” the hospital said.
A receptionist for Dr. Hooman Melamed, one of the physicians Miller is suing, hung up the phone when asked if the doctor would like to comment.
Abby Lee Miller, star of “Dance Moms,” filed a lawsuit against a well-known Los Angeles hospital on Tuesday, claiming that after undergoing surgery, the doctors left a foreign object inside her body.
Miller is suing Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and two physicians for medical malpractice, professional negligence, and medical battery. Miller is well-known for her lead role on the popular reality TV show.
When the 59-year-old former reality star had spinal surgery in 2020, she claims that the doctors left a catheter inside her abdomen. She wants damages of almost $12.5 million.
Miller’s lawyer, Nadine Lewis, released a statement declaring, “Abby Lee Miller suffered for years from an object left inside her during spinal surgery; despite complaints to various physicians, not one ordered imaging of any kind to diagnose the source of her pain.”.
Miller, who is paraplegic, claims in the lawsuit that she has been complaining about the pain to doctors since the 2020 surgery. The doctors “systemically dismissed her chronic pain and let her suffer for years with a catheter inside of her abdomen,” Miller claims.
Miller’s stomach pain “had escalated into persistent and debilitating pain, impacting her quality of life on a daily basis” by March 2024, the lawsuit claims. She was referred to an emergency room for the pain later that year while she was at another hospital for treatment of an unrelated matter.
She had the bright blue catheter surgically removed after a CT scan two days later, in June 2024, showed that a foreign object was inside her abdomen, according to the lawsuit.
Lewis remarked, “This is not just medical battery, it reflects a larger, devastating truth: women’s pain is too often ignored or dismissed by the very professionals sworn to treat them.”. “The case of Abby serves as a terrifying reminder that women’s suffering is still not taken seriously, even when they express it vocally and clearly. “.
In a statement, a Cedars-Sinai representative said that the hospital is unable to discuss ongoing legal issues or any patient’s medical care because of federal and state privacy laws.
Nonetheless, the hospital stated that “Cedars-Sinai’s top priorities are always the care and safety of our patients, staff, and visitors.”. We are committed to making sure that everyone we serve receives the best possible care. “..”.
When asked if Dr. Hooman Melamed, one of the doctors Miller is suing, would like to comment, the receptionist hung up the phone.
Doctor. The other doctor named in the lawsuit, Paul Dwan, chose not to respond.
