A settlement hearing at the pre-trial stage

A court hearing is set Tuesday in Walhalla to settle a case of wrongful death allegations against Prisma Health Upstate and the Oconee Memorial Hospital.  An attorney for plaintiff Brad White of Pickens County will ask Judge McIntosh to approve a negotiated settlement at the pre-trial stage.  Under the terms of the negotiated settlement White, as special administrator for the estate of Teresa White, is to receive $75 thousand in exchange for a pledge to absolve the defendants of all liability related to two falls while a patient in February 2022. In the plaintiff’s pleadings, it’s alleged the falls caused severe brain trauma leading to Teresa White’s death on June 13, 2022.