CHELSEA, Vt. (AP) - A New Hampshire medical center has settled a medical malpractice lawsuit for $2 million with the family of a Vermont high school athlete who died in 2014.
The Valley News reports Gary and Bethanne Tillotson, of Bradford, Vermont, filed the lawsuit against Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in 2016. The family alleges physicians were “grossly inaccurate” in their review of their son’s kidney ultrasound, which led to his death.
Seventeen-year-old Sean Tillotson died after suffering a pulmonary embolism-type event on the way to a leadership conference.
While neither party released details on the settlement in September, court records filed Nov. 6 revealed the dollar amounts.
Hospital officials denied the Tillotsons’ claims in the lawsuit and declined to comment on the settlement.
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Information from: Lebanon Valley News, http://www.vnews.com
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