University of Iowa Health Care has reached a six-figure settlement with a woman who experienced complications when a tube used to transport urine through the body was inadvertently cut.
Brenda Norman and UI Health reached a $1.5 million settlement to cover damages from a “prolonged recovery,” according to State of Iowa Appeal Board documents. Norman’s ureter, which carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder, was inadvertently severed during surgery at a UI Health Care hospital.
The settlement “avoids the risks” of a forthcoming jury trial, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Peterzalek wrote to the appeal board.
Negligence claims stemmed from ‘necessary’ surgery
Norman visited the UI Health Care Medical Center on the university campus on March 18, 2017, with perforated diverticulosis. Perforated diverticulosis involves one or more tears in the colon that lead to leaks into the abdomen…