Family, UPMC reach $1.35M settlement in Ohio transplant patient's death

The family of an Ohio woman who died during the UPMC mold crisis has settled a lawsuit with the health care giant for $1.35 million, according to court documents. The wrongful death and medical negligence case involving heart transplant patient Shelby Slagle, 27, is the second known settlement to arise from the mold incidents at UPMC's Presbyterian and Montefiore hospitals.