US: Hospital settles over 'dumped' homeless paraplegic

Two lawsuits against a hospital for allegedly leaving a homeless paraplegic man on Skid Row without his wheelchair have been settled, attorneys said today.

Under a preliminary settlement agreement, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Centre and Empire Transportation, Inc, a patient transportation company, will pay an undisclosed amount to Gabino Olvera, who was seen dragging himself across the pavement in a soiled gown in February 2007, said Olvera’s attorney, Steven Archer.