| The University of Iowa's hospital will apologize and pay $250,000 to the family of a psychiatric patient who committed suicide in 2009 while on a short-term leave, under a legal settlement confirmed Wednesday. Kenneth "Dean" Cabbage, 67, of North Liberty, jumped from a hospital parking ramp after returning from a brief outing with his wife. The payment and apology letter settle a lawsuit brought by Cabbage's family that challenged the hospital's practice of allowing some psychiatric patients to leave unsupervised for a few hours at a time, typically to see relatives.
RYAN J. FOLEY, Biloxi Sun Herald 01/15/2015    |
