Judge Judy hospitalized for undisclosed ailment

[March 31, 2011]  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- TV's "Judge Judy" is hospitalized in Los Angeles for an undisclosed condition. A spokesman for 68-year-old Judy Sheindlin says the judge is "feeling much better" after being taken from her show taping by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday.

Publicist Gary Rosen says Sheindlin will be released from the hospital on Thursday.

Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott confirmed that a female patient was taken from Sunset Bronson Studios to a local hospital after dispatchers received a 911 call about a medical emergency. She was admitted in serious condition.

Sheindlin presides over small-claims cases on her syndicated show, "Judge Judy."

Rosen says she will return to taping her show as scheduled on April 12.

[Associated Press]

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