Judge rejects Dr. Desai hepatitis settlement

A judge today refused to approve a proposed settlement between Dr. Dipak Desai and a former patient who contracted hepatitis c.

District Judge David Wall said the settlement was too vague on some issues.

One of Michael Washington's lawyers, Ed Bernstein, said the settlement could be rewritten to address the judge's concerns, or they could simply go ahead with the lawsuit against Desai.

The confidential settlement was reached between Washington and Desai's malpractice insurer. Desai's lawyers objected to the settlement because he never consented to it.

Wall said the dispute should be resolved in a different forum.

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