Feds Settle Terminally Ill Vet's Burn Pit Med Mal Suit For $3M

By Jonathan Capriel (September 21, 2021, 2:05 PM EDT) -- A Vermont federal judge on Monday approved a $3 million settlement for a veteran with "limited" life left and his family, resolving medical malpractice claims that the Veterans Administration hospital failed to diagnose the soldier's colon cancer caused by his breathing burn pit fumes during his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan....

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