Wash. Hospital Settles $1.3 Million Lawsuit
The family of a mentally disturbed man who fell 20 feet from a hospital window reached a $1.3 million settlement with Pierce County, Wash., in late December. The lawsuit filed by the family claimed that officials at Puget Sound Hospital did not provide Jeffery Fontinel with adequate supervision or a properly secured room. Fontinel suffered multiple fractures as a result of the fall.


