Veterans in Kansas VA Abuse Case to Get $7M From US Govt.

Veterans in Kansas VA Abuse Case to Get $7M From US Govt.

Introduction

The U.S. government has agreed to a settlement of $7 million to eight veterans who faced sexual abuse by a former physician assistant. These veterans who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan raised an allegation that they were subjected to unnecessary genital exams by a physician assistant at the VA Medical Center in Leavenworth, Kansas, between 2008 and 2014. Around 100 veterans have sued the former physician assistant of Veterans Affairs hospital in Kansas. The US government settled the sexual abuse lawsuits for 80 veterans for $6.7 million in the year 2019. The physician assistant of the Veterans hospital got an Aggravated sexual battery in 2017 and was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment. Kansas Board of Healing Arts in February 2015 had already taken away the license of the accused physician. The attorney who represented the veterans in the latest cases stated that plaintiffs got the treatment like dirt. He further added that these veterans were questioned over their character by the Department of Justice in court. The government argued in the lawsuit that abuse charges by veterans were not liable as physician assistant sexual conduct occurred outside the scope of his employment. The eight veterans will receive from the U.S. Govt between $706,250 to $1.4 million. The latest settlements came after the cases were taken to trial by three of the veterans. The attorney representing the veterans also stated that the government agreed to put down its appeals in those cases.