Miller Is Seeking $1.5 Million in Damages, Claiming Doctors Failed to Remove a Catheter

Abby Lee Miller, the former star of the reality TV show Dance Moms, has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, alleging that doctors left a catheter inside her body during spinal surgery in 2020 and ignored her complaints of chronic pain for years.

The suit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, names Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital and two physicians, Dr. Hooman Melamed and Dr. Paul Dwan, as defendants. Miller, 59, is seeking $1.5 million in damages for medical negligence, professional negligence, and medical battery.

Miller’s attorney, Nadine Lewis, said, as quoted by People Magazine, “Abby Lee Miller suffered for years from an object left inside

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