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Verdicts

May 10, 2008

S.F. Agrees to Pay $5.1 Million In Malpractice Case Settlement

A middle-aged man who checked into San Francisco General Hospital complaining of a fever and cough and ended up with severe brain damage will receive $5.1 million from the city to settle his malpractice lawsuit.

By Nicolas Taborek
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1 of Verdicts & Settlements

      A middle-aged man who checked into San Francisco General Hospital complaining of a fever and cough and ended up with severe brain damage will receive $5.1 million from the city to settle his malpractice lawsuit.
      John Henry Weatherspoon III, an appliance delivery man who was 40...

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