Monday, December 29, 2014

Sunday Globe Special: $tairwell to Heaven

"The family of a patient who went missing for more than two weeks before being found dead in a stairwell at a San Francisco hospital has settled a lawsuit for $3 million. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday that the city and University of California tentatively agreed to the payout. The city is responsible for $2.94 million. Lynne Spaulding, 57, was admitted on Sept. 19, 2013, to San Francisco General Hospital with a bladder infection. When Spaulding was admitted, doctors concluded that she was disoriented and weak and ordered constant monitoring. Nonetheless, Spaulding vanished from her room two days later."