A federal judge in Los Angeles said Monday that he would give final approval to USC’s landmark $215-million class-action settlement with former patients of Dr. George Tyndall, the campus gynecologist who has been accused of a decades-long pattern of sexual abuse and misconduct. Wilson, the judge overseeing the federal case, granted preliminary approval to the settlement in June. Notices also went to 150,000 women who attended USC from 1989 to 2016 who were identified as potential class members in the settlement. Advertisement“At the end of the day, this was a tool used by USC to limit the number of overall claims,” Arias said. Wilson, the judge, will have to approve any payment of legal fees.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 06, 2020 23:03 UTC