Suit Over Tests on Pregnant Women Settled
Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida each has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle a class-action suit contending experimental procedures were performed on poor pregnant women.
The $3.8 million settlement, announced Friday, could affect 3,000 women. The 1990 medical research suit alleged thousands of pregnant women weren’t told of the risks, benefits and alternatives of drug experiments conducted from 1986 to 1990.
In the suit, none of the women claimed they were harmed by the experiment or that it was ineffective in improving their pregnancies.
There was no admission of wrongdoing in the settlement.
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