Large six-figure settlement

A young school teacher from Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, suffered a cardiac arrest and brain damage during a procedure at a Pittsburgh hospital to insert a cardiac defibrillator and pacemaker. A lawsuit filed in Allegheny County claimed that the nurses did not monitor the patient properly during the procedure and should have noticed that her heart was beginning to have problems and correct it. A large, six-figure settlement was obtained for the parents of this unmarried woman.