Columbus City Council approves more than $1 million in wrongful-death lawsuit
The Columbus City Council approved spending $1.125 million in taxpayer money to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city at Monday night's council meeting.
It is one of the largest settlements in city history.
The suit, which spawned a nearly four-year court battle, came after two Columbus Division of Fire paramedics delayed proper treatment of a 76-year-old woman in cardiac arrest.
Sonia Bray was getting an MRI in January 2011 when she began showing signs of cardiac arrest, including trouble breathing and chest pain, according to accounts from medical personnel at the MRI facility on Bethel Road.
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