https://kstp.com/news/lawyers-question-kirk-johnson-wrongful-death-lawsuit-prince-carver-county/5370885/ Lawyers question Prince's former bodyguard in wrongful death lawsuit May 29, 2019
Lawyers involved in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Prince's next of kin spent seven hours Wednesday deposing the late music icon's former bodyguard Kirk Johnson.
The deposition took place at the Carver County Courthouse in Chaska where the lawsuit, filed last August, is being heard before Judge Janet Barke Cain.
The suit names as defendants Iowa Health System (UnityPoint), the parent company of the Illinois hospital that treated Prince days before his death in April 2016, Walgreens, North Memorial Health Care and Dr. Michael T. Schulenberg.
Walgreens is named because the lawsuit alleges Prince received prescription medications from two Walgreens locations in Bloomington and Minnetonka in the days prior to his death. North Memorial is named because Schulenberg was an employee when Prince allegedly received health care services from him in the days leading up to his death.
Among the lawyers questioning Johnson were those representing Dr. Howard Kornfeld, an addiction specialist who sent his son to Minnesota in an effort to meet with Prince just before his death, as well as those representing Schulenberg, North Memorial and Walgreens.
"This was a traumatic event for my client," Johnson's attorney F. Clayton Tyler said following Wednesday's deposition. "He feels very sad over the loss of a good friend of his. To have to come back and go through this and re-litigate this whole matter has been very difficult."
An attorney representing Prince's next of kin declined to comment on the deposition, or on what's next in the case.
Prince's Bodyguard Deposed in Wrongful Death Lawsuit By Associated Press, Wire Service Content May 30, 2019
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https://www.twincities.com/2019/05/30/princes-bodyguard-deposed-in-wrongful-death-lawsuit/ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/minnesota/articles/2019-05-30/princes-bodyguard-deposed-in-wrongful-death-lawsuit Lawyers in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by relatives of Prince spent seven hours deposing his former bodyguard.
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