$650,000 Settlement for Contracted Hepatitis During Surgery

$650,000 settlement at mediation awarded to a 66-year-old patient who contracted hepatitis during surgery at a Long Island hospital. During the patient's open-heart surgery, his surgeon cut his finger, resulting in the surgeon's blood mixing with the plaintiffs. We proffered evidence that the hospital was aware of the surgeon's history of passing hepatitis on to his patients and failed to inform the plaintiff.