Hospital agrees to $1-million settlement for Patient Dumping

Over the last 2 years, there have been more than 50 cases of alleged patient dumping...the last being a hospital in Orange County, CA...also the van company hired will also pay a civil penalty....Kaiser settled their case last year....BD

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center on Friday settled allegations that it left a paraplegic man crawling around downtown Los Angeles' skid row in a hospital gown and with a colostomy bag by agreeing to pay $1 million and be monitored by a former U.S. attorney for up to five years.
The resolution of the lawsuit marks the biggest settlement so far in the Los Angeles city attorney's efforts to crack down on hospitals and other institutions that "dump" patients on skid row.
Empire Enterprises, whose driver was accused of leaving Olvera, was also a defendant in the suit. The van company agreed to end such actions and pay a $10,000 civil penalty, city attorney's officials said.
Olvera and the hospital have also reached a confidential financial settlement on his personal litigation, attorneys said.

Hospital agrees to $1-million settlement for dumping patient on skid row - Los Angeles Times