Post by Logan on Apr 22, 2016 19:53:23 GMT -6
Couple, Long Island hospital reach settlement in organ transplant suit
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a Queens couple who claimed that a leak from an operating-room ceiling at a Long Island hospital damaged a freshly harvested kidney the wife was donating to her husband.
An undisclosed dollar amount said to be in the “mid-six figures,” resolved the lawsuit filed three years ago and ended a jury trial that began last week. A joint statement from the couple’s lawyers and attorneys for the Northwell Health system said the settlement allowed both sides to put the matter in the past.
“The parties have, with the assistance and recommendation of the trial judge, reached an agreement to move forward and resolve their dispute through a settlement in the mid-six figures,” according to the short statement.
Neither Stephen Civardi nor Richard Obiol, the Freeport lawyers who represented the couple, could comment on the trial proceedings or settlement.
Read more: www.newsday.com/news/health/couple-li-hospital-reach-settlement-in-organ-transplant-suit-1.11722311
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed by a Queens couple who claimed that a leak from an operating-room ceiling at a Long Island hospital damaged a freshly harvested kidney the wife was donating to her husband.
An undisclosed dollar amount said to be in the “mid-six figures,” resolved the lawsuit filed three years ago and ended a jury trial that began last week. A joint statement from the couple’s lawyers and attorneys for the Northwell Health system said the settlement allowed both sides to put the matter in the past.
“The parties have, with the assistance and recommendation of the trial judge, reached an agreement to move forward and resolve their dispute through a settlement in the mid-six figures,” according to the short statement.
Neither Stephen Civardi nor Richard Obiol, the Freeport lawyers who represented the couple, could comment on the trial proceedings or settlement.
Read more: www.newsday.com/news/health/couple-li-hospital-reach-settlement-in-organ-transplant-suit-1.11722311