Actor Robert Carradine’s family sues UCLA hospital for wrongful death

Robert Carradine’s family is suing the regents of the University of California, alleging that a series of failures at a UCLA psychiatric facility contributed to the actor’s death. On Jan. 16, Carradine, 71, checked himself into UCLA’s Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital due to ongoing suicidal thoughts, The Wrap reported. “Robert walked into UCLA’s locked psychiatric unit ‘feeling relieved to be hospitalized’ and hoped that ‘additional inpatient treatment would’ reduce his anxiety,” according to a legal complaint filed Aug. 7. “He was happy to be in a ‘locked, structured environment’ where he could rest – one that felt ‘containing and helpful.’” Instead,...