District Judge Eliza Ovrom has objected to a clause in a medical malpractice case against the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics that would require the plaintiffs to keep secret the settlement terms, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
The clause in question was part of a $475,000 settlement UIHC reached with the estate of a man who died in a 2005 procedure. Judge Ovrom questioned the secrecy clause, suggesting it violated an Iowa law passed in May that would make settlement agreements public record when a public body is being sued, according to the report.
Judge Ovrom agreed to the settlement, but cautioned that the confidentiality provision could not apply in the state of Iowa.
Read the Bloomberg Businessweek report on University of Iowa Hospitals.
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The clause in question was part of a $475,000 settlement UIHC reached with the estate of a man who died in a 2005 procedure. Judge Ovrom questioned the secrecy clause, suggesting it violated an Iowa law passed in May that would make settlement agreements public record when a public body is being sued, according to the report.
Judge Ovrom agreed to the settlement, but cautioned that the confidentiality provision could not apply in the state of Iowa.
Read the Bloomberg Businessweek report on University of Iowa Hospitals.
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