Consumer Law
Parents of Late ‘Jeopardy!’ Champion Sue Hospital For Negligence and Malpractice
The parents of a five-time champion on the game show “Jeopardy!” are accusing a Las Vegas-area hospital where he underwent abdominal surgery of causing his death in February 2021.
Brayden Smith, who died at 24, was one of the last “Jeopardy!” contestants to appear with host Alex Trebek before Trebek died in November 2020 after battling pancreatic cancer. Trebek was 80.
Smith’s parents, Scott and Deborah Smith, filed a lawsuit Monday in Nevada state court against St. Rose Dominican Hospital-Siena Campus in Henderson, hospital corporation Dignity Health, and several doctors and nurses.
