Tom Girardi suffers medical ’emergency,’ will be absent from court hearing

Convicted former legal heavyweight Tom Girardi suffered a medical emergency and was expected to be hospitalized for several days, meaning he would be absent from a court hearing Thursday in downtown Los Angeles initially set to discuss his mental health.
The 85-year-old defendant was taken from the memory-care facility where he lives to a hospital emergency room by paramedics on Wednesday, and ultimately admitted to the hospital, according to Samuel Cross, one of Girardi’s attorneys, who f