For every dry legal dispute over proper methods of cost accounting or overtime pay, there are the cases in the Judgment Fund where government workers — through negligence or carelessness — made errors with terrible consequences.
Nash v. Department of Veterans AffairsSuit: Medical malpractice, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Payout: $100,000
What happened: Michael Nash went to the Lexington V.A. Medical Center in 2010 for a procedure to treat impotence and to be circumcised. After the operation, V.A. staff applied ice packs to his groin to reduce pain and swelling. For 19 hours.
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