The United States has agreed to pay $1 million to the children of an Army veteran who froze to death after he was discharged from a VA hospital in Madison.
Vance E. Perry, 57, was found dead on New Year s Eve 2018 in a downtown Madison parking garage, several miles from William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, where he was discharged a day earlier.
His family filed a wrongful death case against the government in federal court in December. It was dismissed in March, according to federal court records.
Their attorney, Terrence Polich of Lawton Cates in Madison, said the case had settled after the government agreed to the payment. A signed settlement agreement says it should not be construed as any admission of liability or fault by the United States and that any attorneys fees will be taken from the $1 million payment.
Family of Wisconsin veteran settles wrongful death lawsuit
April 7, 2021
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) The federal government has agreed to pay $1 million to the children of an Army veteran who froze to death after he was discharged from a Veterans Affairs hospital in Wisconsin.
The family of Vance Perry filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government in December. Perry s five children said the hospital in Madison was aware of their father s mental condition, which put him at risk of wandering away, and that staff knew he could not return to his residence on his own.
The family s attorney, Terrence Polich, said someone at Memorial Veterans Hospital failed to make sure Perry got in a cab that had been called for him.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The federal government has agreed to pay $1 million to the children of an Army veteran who froze to death after he was discharged from a Veterans Affairs hospital in Wisconsin.
The family of Vance Perry filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government in December. Perry‘s five children said the hospital in Madison was aware of their father’s mental condition, which put him at risk of wandering away, and that staff knew he could not return to his residence on his own.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 7, 2021 MADISON, Wis. The federal government has agreed to pay $1 million to the children of an Army veteran who froze to death after he was discharged from a Veterans Affairs hospital in Wisconsin. The family of Vance Perry filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government in December. Perry s five children said the hospital in Madison was aware of their father s mental condition, which put him at risk of wandering away, and that staff knew he could not return to his residence on his own. The family s attorney, Terrence Polich, said someone at Memorial Veterans Hospital failed to make sure Perry got in a cab that had been called for him.
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