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$11,000 Settlement For Failure To Treat Federal Prisoner's Hepatitis "C" Virus

Illinois federal prisoner Louis Sheptin brought a combined federal tort and Bivens action
against the United States in 2000 for the failure to treat and disclose to him that he was infected with Hepatitis "C." The $10 million suit settled for $11,000 in 2002.

Sheptin, housed at the Metropolitan Correctional ...

 

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