This Oct. 5, 2009, file photo shows Joan Rivers posing as she presents "Comedy Roast with Joan Rivers" in Cannes, southeastern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

(Bloomberg) — Joan Rivers’ estate sued the New York City surgical center where complications during a medical procedure led to the comedian’s death, saying it provided reckless and negligent treatment, violated her privacy and abandoned her when she needed emergency care.

Rivers’ daughter Melissa and two other executors of the estate sued Yorkville Endoscopy LLC today in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, according to a copy of the complaint provided by a lawyer for the group. The filing couldn’t be immediately confirmed in court records.

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