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UT reaches settlement in kidney lawsuit

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The University of Toledo must pay $650,000 to the family of siblings Sarah and Paul Fudacz as the settlement for their 2013 lawsuit.

Paul Fudacz attempted to donate one of his kidneys to his sister, Sarah Fudacz, in August 2012, but a nurse accidentally threw it away. According to The Blade, Sarah Fudacz filed the lawsuit in July 2013.

The disposal of the kidney resulted in the resignation of a nurse, the removal of another nurse from the staff and the suspension of UTMC’s live-kidney donor program, according to an article written for nbc24.com.

The program resumed about five months later, after a review of the policies and procedures, and began with a successful transplant on Jan. 24, according to medcitynews.com’s article.

A written statement attributed to Lawrence Burns, UT’s vice president for external affairs, published in The Blade expressed “regret and sympathy that this unfortunate incident occurred,” and that “We apologize sincerely and have done our best to help those affected move forward.”

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UT reaches settlement in kidney lawsuit