James Woods and Family Reach Settlement with Kent Hospital

December 2, 2009 Actor James Woods and the defendants in the medical malpractice case over the 2006 death of his brother Michael Woods, reached an unprecedented settlement after nearly 4 weeks of trial. Mark B. Decof, lead trial counsel and with the assistance of Decof & Decof lawyers Daniel Schatz and Donna DiDonato, achieved an extraordinary settlement with Kent Hospital. In addition to a confidential monetary settlement between the Hospital and the Woods Family, Kent Hospital publicly acknowledged that “mistakes were made, and we can do better” through Kent Hospital CEO Sandra Coletta. In addition, the Hospital has agreed to establish The Michael J. Woods Institute and commit $1.325 million to improve the quality of patient care and safety at the Hospital by establishing new procedures and protocols, along with human resource improvements. James Woods will serve as a member of a committee which will monitor and ultimately approve the effort. Read the story as reported in The Providence Journal here.

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