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Assuming the "great" in the thread le to be sarcastic, I'm honestly curious what you think a case like this *should* be worth.
In a statement, hospital president and CEO James Valenti said that University Medical Center staff treats every patient with respect and dignityand that the settlement was more than a simple dismissal of the incident.
“UMC’s settlement of this case was not intended to 'make it go away.' It was meant to bring closure for the plaintiff and to the issues that she alleged and to ensure our stakeholders that we have taken steps to tighten our policies and reinforce them with staff,” he said.
“We also intend to make sure that area law enforcement agencies understand that UMC's only concern when patients are brought to us in their custody is patient care. We do not see those patients as prisoners. We are here solely to tend to their needs and to do our best to ensure that they have a good outcome.”
The statement adds that the hospital agreed to a settlement of $125,000. Its insurance carrier, the National Union Fire Insurance Company will pay $475,000, and Texas Tech University will provide $500,000 of the settlement. (UMC is a teaching center for the university’s El Paso operations.)
The case against Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is still pending, according to a statement from the ACLU.
http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/...it-11-million/
Assuming the "great" in the thread le to be sarcastic, I'm honestly curious what you think a case like this *should* be worth.
not sarcastic. Should be a precedent for similar police/hospital crimes.
btw, Alito, one of Repug's SCOTUS5 extremists, is the s bag who said, as a judge before he got rewarded with SCOTUS, strip searching (and cavity searching?) of 10 year olds is justified. S bag should NEVER have been approved. Thanks, Dems!
Last edited by boutons_deux; 07-08-2014 at 02:16 PM.
Got it. Sorry for the incorrect assumption.
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