A lawsuit that alleges a former UCLA gynecologist sexually abused hundreds of women has been settled for more than $100 million.
Under the class-action settlement, some 6,600 former patients were to receive between $2,500 and $250,000, with the higher amounts involving the extent of bodily injury and emotional distress as decided by a panel of experts.
The latest lawsuit settlement follows similar massive payouts by universities over allegations that doctors abused thousands of patients.with more than 1,000 people who say they were sexually assaulted by a sports doctor, Dr. Robert Anderson, during his nearly four-decade career at the school. He died in 2008.
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