Editing Andy Warhol (section)

=== Wrongful death lawsuit ===
In April 1987, the [[New York State Department of Health|New York State Health Department]] released a report that Warhol was given inadequate care by New York Hospital from the time he was admitted until the hours before his death.<ref name=":30" /> These included not performing the appropriate work-up tests prior to surgery, giving Warhol antibiotics to which he may have experienced an allergic response, causing him to become overhydrated, and repeatedly failing to take accurate notes on his chart.<ref name=":30" /> There were no issues with the procedure itself, according to the report.<ref name=":30" /> In response, the hospital dismissed the private nurse who had been employed to care for Warhol and penalized the staff nurse who had been tasked with overseeing her.<ref name=":42">{{Cite web |last=Cullen |first=Bernard |date=April 15, 1987 |title=The city medical examiner said Wednesday Andy Warhol's heart... |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/04/15/The-city-medical-examiner-said-Wednesday-Andy-Warhols-heart/1531545457600/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref> However, the hospital claimed that the nursing deficiencies were not significant enough to cause Warhol's death.<ref name=":42" />

In December 1991, Warhol's family sued the hospital in the [[New York Supreme Court]] for inadequate care, before judge [[Ira Gammerman]], saying that the arrhythmia was caused by improper care and [[water intoxication]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sullivan |first=Ronald |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/05/nyregion/care-faulted-in-the-death-of-warhol.html |title=Care faulted in the death of warhol |work=The New York Times |date=December 5, 1991 |access-date=August 14, 2010}}</ref> The malpractice case was quickly settled out of court; Warhol's family received an undisclosed sum of money.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/12/24/andy-warhol-heirs-settle-lawsuit-with-hospital-over-artists-death/ |title=Andy Warhol Heirs Settle Lawsuit With Hospital Over Artist's Death |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=December 24, 1991 |access-date=December 4, 2013 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129052112/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1991-12-24/news/9112240841_1_warhol-york-hospital-gallstones |url-status=live }}</ref>

Prior to his surgery, doctors expected Warhol to survive, though a re-evaluation of the case about thirty years after his death showed many indications that Warhol's surgery was in fact riskier than originally thought.<ref name="Gobnik-2017">{{cite news |last1=Gobnik|first1=Blake |title=Warhol's Death: Not So Simple, After All |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/arts/design/andy-warhols-death-not-so-routine-after-all.html |website=The New York Times |date=February 21, 2017 |access-date=February 22, 2017 | url-status = live | archive-date = February 22, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170222054611/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/arts/design/andy-warhols-death-not-so-routine-after-all.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=Trending&version=Full&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article }}</ref> It was widely reported at the time that Warhol had died of a "routine" surgery, though when considering factors such as his age, a [[Family history (medicine)|family history]] of gallbladder problems, his previous gunshot wound, and his medical state in the weeks leading up to the procedure, the potential risk of death following the surgery appeared to have been significant.<ref name="Gobnik-2017" />