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$2.9 Million Dollar Settlement in Colombini MRI suit related to oxygen tank incident in NYC

(NEW YORK) -- New York Civil court has recently ruled in favor of the plaintiff regarding an MRI incident of oxygen tank killing a 6 year old boy. This was an incident that happened in a hospital in Westchester County. The legal settlement totaled up to $2.9 million dollars to be turned over to the Colombini family. The initial lawsuit totaled $20 million dollars and also implicated GE Healthcare. GE healthcare was later dropped as a defendant on the case.

To read more about the initial incident, please visit an article published by WebMD:
http://www.webmd.com/news/20010801/fatal-mri-accident-is-first-of-i...


Tags: $2.9, colombini, dollar, in, incident, million, mri, nyc, oxygen, related

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