Texas Nurses Fired for Alleging Misconduct Settle Their Suit

Kevin Sack, New York Times, August 10, 2010 Two nurses agreed Tuesday to split a $750,000 payment from Winkler County, Texas, to settle the lawsuit they filed after being fired and criminally prosecuted for reporting allegations of improper medical treatment by a doctor at the county hospital, their lawyer said. One of the nurses, Anne Mitchell, was acquitted in February of misuse of official information, a felony, for anonymously reporting Dr. Rolando G. Arafiles Jr. to the state medical board in 2009. Charges against the second nurse, Vickilyn Galle, were dropped shortly before the trial. ... Texas