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Judge rejects secrecy in med-mal settlement involving public funds.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-DEC-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Following the lead of at least one other judge in his state, a Pennsylvania trial court judge recently refused to seal a settlement in a medical malpractice case, citing the public's right to know that money from a state fund would be used to pay the widow of the patient who died. (Bryk v. Wilcox, No. 9254 (Pa., Luzerne Co. Com. Pleas settled Aug. 30, 2006).)

Amanda Bryk considered filing a claim after her husband, Walter, died shortly after undergoing aortic valve replacement. The surgeon allegedly failed...

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