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Wed 2 Nov, 2011 12:45 am
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The legal journey is over for the family of Malyia Jeffers, the Sacramento girl who had to have parts of her arms and legs amputated because she waited too long in an emergency room for treatment of an infection, according to news reports.The family settled with Methodist Hospital and emergency room workers for $10 million, one of the largest ever of its kind in California, according to the Sacramento Bee. The hospital will pay $9 million, and the Emergency Physicians Medical Group of Sacramento will pay $1 million.The Associated Press reported that the money will go toward current expenses, as well as $16,000 a month for Malyia (including changes for cost of living), starting in 2026, the year she turns 18.
it sounds like adjustments will be made to what they pay her as the cost of living goes up (it always goes up, never down), i.e. they will pay her proportionately more as the cost rises.