$18.7 Million Settlement Ends Hawaii Kidney Damage Suit Against Government

Mealey's (January 28, 2019, 8:04 PM EST) -- HONOLULU — A Hawaii federal magistrate judge on Jan. 10 approved a $18.7 million settlement between the federal government and a woman and her family following a $24.7 million award by the magistrate, who concluded that an army hospital was liable for sepsis-related injuries the woman sustained after giving birth, which led to her needing a kidney transplant (Marites Campano, et al. v. United States, No. 15-00439, D. Hawaii)....