University of California and Former Surgical Director Settle For $10M
The University of California has agreed to pay $10 million to a former surgical chairman who says he was the victim of retaliation after pointing out conflicts of interest at UCLA’s medical school.
The Los Angeles Times reported UC regents agreed to the settlement Tuesday, just before closing arguments were to begin in the lawsuit brought by 54-year-old Robert Pedowitz.
Pedowitz was recruited to UCLA in 2009 to run UCLA’s orthopedic surgery department.
UCLA and the regents denied any wrongdoing, but said they paid Pedowitz to avoid the “expense and inconvenience” of further litigation.
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