Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell's family and doctor agree to settle lawsuit over singer's death

The family of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell and a doctor who they alleged over-prescribed him drugs before he died have agreed to a settle a lawsuit. Court documents filed by attorneys for the rock singer's widow, Vicky Cornell, and their children, Toni and Christopher Nicholas Cornell, said a confidential settlement had been reached.

The documents were filed in April, but they had gone unnoticed before City News Service reported on them Thursday. The Cornell family alleged in the lawsuit filed in 2018 in Los Angeles Superior Court that medication, especially the anti-anxiety drug lorazepam, prescribed by Dr. Robert Koblin led to erratic behavior from the singer before his death in Detroit in 2017 at age 52.