Va. teen’s drug death case settled for $1.5M

Published June 23, 2014 6:56am ET



BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — An urgent care center has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle the case of a Montvale teenager who died after being given a strong dose of painkillers for a sore throat.

The Roanoke Times reports (http://bit.ly/1pteCEY ) that a Bedford County judge approved the settlement last week.

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