'Revenge of the Nerds' star Robert Carradine's family sues UCLA over his death

The household of histrion Robert Carradine filed a suit against the governing assemblage of UCLA, saying that the “Revenge of the Nerds” star’s decease by termination successful February astatine a university-affiliated psychiatric installation was preventable.

In a ineligible ailment filed Aug. 7 with Los Angeles Superior Court, the children of Carradine allege that the psychiatric attraction squad astatine the UCLA wellness installation was reckless successful its attraction and committed elder maltreatment and neglect.

Carradine, 71, had checked into the installation soon earlier his death.

The 27-page suit names the UC regents arsenic defendants, on with physicians, nurses, objective attraction partners and different officials who are identified arsenic “Does 1-100.” Plaintiffs successful the suit see Carradine’s property and his surviving children.

“He asked for help. He recognized that helium was a information to himself and voluntarily walked into a psychiatric infirmary to beryllium kept safe,” the household claimed successful the suit reviewed by The Times. “He knew helium was not harmless to beryllium near alone.”

Carradine had bipolar disorder, and the suit says that helium had admitted that helium had “suicidal thoughts” erstwhile helium checked into UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital successful Westwood.

“Instead of walking into a harmless environment, [Carradine] walked into a locked installation that broke a cardinal regularisation for a hospitalized psychiatric diligent with progressive suicidal thoughts and a past of termination attempts,” the suit says. “UCLA fto him locomotion into a locked psychiatric portion with a belt.”

The household besides said infirmary unit near him successful a country with a array that had not been removed from his portion anterior to being placed there, according to the lawsuit. He died astir 19 hours aft checking into the facility, the suit says.

“None of this happened due to the fact that UCLA lacked the knowledge, the policies oregon the means,” the civilian ailment says. “It happened due to the fact that UCLA took shortcuts with 2 safeguards that were meant to support Robert’s life. UCLA gave Robert the means to wounded himself and past nary 1 watched implicit him oregon checked connected him for agelong periods of clip contempt orders to ticker him each 15 minutes.”

The suit says that UCLA unit was distracted during Carradine’s reflection intake and that they falsified their records to bespeak due care.

The Times has reached retired to the UC regents and UCLA Health for comment.

The youngest lad of prolific quality histrion John Carradine, Robert Carradine was calved connected March 24, 1954, successful Los Angeles. Known for some his movie and tv work, Carradine made his debut successful a 1971 occurrence of the long-running occidental “Bonanza.” His archetypal movie quality was successful the 1972 John Wayne occidental “The Cowboys.”

During his 50-year Hollywood career, helium appeared alongside his member David successful a 1972 occurrence of “Kung Fu” and the 1973 Martin Scorsese movie “Mean Streets.” Alongside his brothers David and Keith, Robert joined different sets of acting siblings to represent sets of real-life siblings successful the 1980 occidental “The Long Riders.” Carradine besides landed roles successful Hal Ashby’s 1978 Vietnam War play “Coming Home” and Samuel Fuller’s 1980 World War II epic “The Big Red One.”

“It is with profound sadness that we indispensable stock that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle, and member Robert Carradine has passed away,” the Carradine household said successful a connection pursuing the actor’s death. “In a satellite that tin consciousness truthful dark, Bobby was ever a beacon [of] airy to everyone astir him. We are bereft astatine the nonaccomplishment of this beauteous psyche and privation to admit Bobby’s ... astir two-decade conflict with Bipolar Disorder.

“We anticipation his travel tin radiance a airy and promote addressing the stigma that attaches to intelligence illness. At this time, we inquire for the privateness to grieve this unfathomable loss. With gratitude for your knowing and compassion.”

In the 2000s, Carradine charmed a caller procreation of fans arsenic lovable TV dada Sam successful “Lizzie McGuire.”

“There was truthful overmuch warmth successful the McGuire family, and I ever felt truthful cared for by my on-screen parents,” the show’s star, Hilary Duff, wrote successful her Instagram tribute to her on-screen dad. “I’ll beryllium everlastingly grateful for that. I’m profoundly bittersweet to larn Bobby was suffering. My bosom aches for him, his family, and everyone who loved him.”

Carradine’s household and property are seeking unspecified wide and wrongful-death damages and compensation for aesculapian expenses incurred during his hospitalization.