Settlement reached in case alleging medical malpractice

Jurors who were summoned next week for a term of Oconee Common Pleas Court do not have to report, according to announcement this morning by the Clerk of Court’s office in Walhalla.  A settlement has been reached in the one case that was docketed for trial.  The clerk’s office received word of a settlement in the case of Suarez v. Oconee Medical Center and others.  The case involved allegations of medical malpractice and wrongful death.