 Paxton's family sued Ali Koinejad, the surgeon who carried out his procedure, for wrongful death one year after Paxton passed away. They claimed that Koinejad employed high-risk and unconventional techniques, and that he was absent from the operating room when Paxton experienced complications like ventricular dysfunction, tachycardia, and a compromised right coronary artery, which they claim contributed to the coronary artery damage that required a second surgery. The case was scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles Superior Court in March 2022, but in February 2022 Paxton's family and General Anesthesia Specialist Partnership came to a $1 million partial settlement agreement. The litigation against Cedars Sinai and Dr. Koinejad was resolved in August 2022 for an unknown sum.