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Carradine Family Sues UCLA Regents Over Psychiatric Unit Death

8/8/2026

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The Carradine family sued UC regents over Robert Carradine’s death at UCLA’s psychiatric unit.
The suit says UCLA let him keep a contraband belt and a bedside table.
It alleges staff failed to check on Carradine 15 minutes, leaving him unsupervised.
Carradine suffered a brain injury, spent weeks in ICU and died on February 23, 2026.
His family seeks general, special, economic and wrongful-death damages while the regents have not commented.

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Story summary

The Carradine family sued UC regents over Robert Carradine’s death at UCLA’s psychiatric unit.
The suit says UCLA let him keep a contraband belt and a bedside table.
It alleges staff failed to check on Carradine 15 minutes, leaving him unsupervised.
Carradine suffered a brain injury, spent weeks in ICU and died on February 23, 2026.
His family seeks general, special, economic and wrongful-death damages while the regents have not commented.