Woman, hospital settle lawsuit

November 7, 2008

A Bountiful woman who lost three limbs to flesh-eating bacteria has settled a malpractice suit that alleged medical personnel mismanaged the near-fatal infection.
The details of the part of the settlement Lisa Speckman reached with LDS Hospital and her insurer, Intermountain Health Care Health Plans, are confidential.

The University of Utah, a taxpayer-supported institution that trained medical staff who treated her, also was sued and was part of the settlement. Lawyers would not immediately provide the amount it paid, but The Salt Lake Tribune has requested that information under the state’s Government Records Access and Management Act.

Speckman, 46, says she contracted a “flesh-eating disease” that led to the amputation of both her legs above the knees and her right arm above the elbow. In addition, her reproductive organs, gall bladder and much of her large intestine were removed.

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