Jacobs v. CORE - Settled for over $1 Million

In
2009, I described a unique lawsuit: Michael
Jacobs v. The Center for Organ Recovery & Education; Jonathan Coleman; The
Hamot Medical Center Of The City Of Erie, Pennsylvania; William R. Phelps,
M.D.; Peter Pahapill, M.D.; Jeffrey Bednarski, M.D.; Roberto Lopez, M.D.; Ruy
Cruz, M.D.; Emergycare, Inc., NO. 1:09-CV-00048 (W.D. Pa. filed Mar. 4,
2009).

This is a case in
which a high school student suffered a serious head injury while skiing. His
parents allege all sorts of medical malpractice from many different providers.
But most notably, they allege that Defendants deceived and coerced them into
consenting to a DNR order and to organ donation. They also allege that the
organ harvesting was done before their son's death.

This week, the parties
filed a petition for the court to approve their settlement agreement.  I
will post the relevant documents.  Basically, on almost the eve of trial,
the settling defendants CORE and Hamot Medical Center have agreed to pay
plaintiffs $1,200,000 to settle all claims.