Family to Receive $3.65 Million for Medical Misdiagnosis
The second of eight wrongful death cases involving a former Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks pathologist’s missed diagnoses ended in a $3.65 million settlement Friday, one day after $4.7 million was awarded to the first family to bring their case to trial.
Court records show the settlement was reached and the case dismissed in the death of Donald R. McGuire of Eureka Springs. Friday’s dismissal didn’t disclose the settlement amount. Alan Lane of Fayetteville, an attorney for the plaintiffs, confirmed the amount Tuesday.
The remaining six cases are not resolved yet, he said.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks awarded $4.7 million to survivors of Jerry Kolpek, formerly of Bella Vista, after a two-day trial last week. Kolpek was an Army veteran whose cancer went untreated for more than six years because of a missed diagnosis at the VA facility.
