2021/05/07 11:16 FILE - This Sept. 23, 2011 file photo shows musician Chris Cornell in New York. The family of Chris Cornell and a doctor who they alleged over-prescri. FILE - This Sept. 23, 2011 file photo shows musician Chris Cornell in New York. The family of Chris Cornell and a doctor who they alleged over-prescribed him drugs before he died have agreed to a settle a lawsuit. Documents filed in Los Angeles court by attorneys for the rock singer’s widow and their children said a confidential settlement had been reached. The documents were filed in April, but had gone unnoticed before City News Service reported on them Thursday, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Carucci, File)
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The family of the late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell and a doctor who they alleged overprescribed him drugs before he died have agreed to a settle a lawsuit.
Court documents filed by attorneys for the rock singer’s widow, Vicky Cornell, and their children, Toni and Christopher Nicholas Cornell, said a confidential settlement had been reached. The documents were filed in April but went unnoticed until City News Service reported on them Thursday.
The Cornell family alleged in the 2018 Superior Court lawsuit that medication, especially the anti-anxiety drug lorazepam, prescribed by Dr. Robert Koblin led to Cornell’s erratic behavior before his death in Detroit in 2017 at age 52.
Cornell died in Detroit in 2017 at age 52 from a suicide by hanging
His family filed a lawsuit in 2018 in Los Angeles Superior Court, pointing blame towards Cornell s doctor
The lawsuit said Robert Koblin and his Beverly Hills office negligently and repeatedly prescribed dangerous mind-altering controlled substances
The lawsuit said the doctor did this knowing Cornell had a serious history of substance abuse
Terms of the settlement, which was reached in April, are confidential
Vicky Cornell is still involved in a lawsuit with Soundgarden
Chris Cornell s family has reached a confidential settlement regarding the 2018 lawsuit which was filed against Robert Koblin, the late Soundgarden and Audioslave singer s doctor who prescribed mind-altering drugs before Cornell s suicide in 2017.
The lawsuit was originally filed by Chris Cornell s widow, Vicky, in Los Angeles Superior Court, where it was alleged that Dr. Koblin prescribed the frontman Lorazepam (also known as Ativan) as early as 2015, without ever having performed a formal exam on him.
It has been said that Cornell was prescribed more than 940 doses of the medication, which was being used to treat anxiety, over the last 20 months of his life.
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Chris Cornell s family and a doctor who they alleged over-prescribed him drugs before he died have agreed to settle a lawsuit.
Court documents filed by attorneys for the rock singer s widow, Vicky Cornell, and their children, Toni and Christopher Nicholas Cornell, said a confidential settlement had been reached. The documents were filed in April, but they had gone unnoticed before City News Service reported on them Thursday.
The Cornell family alleged in the lawsuit filed in 2018 in Los Angeles Superior Court that medication, especially the anti-anxiety drug lorazepam, prescribed by Dr. Robert Koblin led to erratic behavior from the Soundgarden frontman before his death in Detroit in 2017 at age 52.