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California hospital to pay $1.6 million in homeless dumping settlement
Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2009
In a settlement, the Los Angeles city attorney's office said that College Hospital had dumped more than 150 mentally ill patients on skid row in 2007 and 2008. As part of the settlement, the hospital will pay $1.6 million in penalties and charitable contributions to a host of psychiatric and social-service agencies.
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