One hundred children will benefit from a...
One hundred children will benefit from a settlement between Dwight Gooden and Tampa General Hospital, which has acknowledged it erred in releasing results of a blood test showing the New York Mets pitcher was legally drunk when he fought with police in 1986.
Details of the settlement were released when the hospital revealed it paid Gooden $7,500 to drop his lawsuit. Gooden returned the money to help care for emotionally disturbed children.
The lawsuit blamed Tampa General for hurting Gooden’s reputation and ruining endorsement contracts when the test results became public. Hospitals can give police the results of a blood test only under court order or if a person is charged with drunk driving, which Gooden was not.
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