Ex-Erlanger leader gets $600,000 from hospital settlement

After hearing a week of charged testimony, Judge Neil Thomas announced today that lawyers settled the $25 million termination lawsuit filed against Erlanger hospital by a former interim chief executive officer. The $900,000 settlement grants Charlesetta Woodard-Thompson $600,000, with the other $300,000 going to her attorneys, Lawrence & Lawrence. Under the terms of the settlement, 67-year-old Woodard-Thompson will get a $120,000 check for three months' wages and $480,000 for "compensatory and other non-wage items," according to Erlanger. "This settlement is comparable to what Erlanger had agreed to pay Woodard-Thompson more than two years ago but was refused by her at that time," the statement says.