Confidentiality agreements are keeping malpractice settlements from health-care regulators:
A lawsuit involving a Group Health doctor was improperly sealed by a King County judge. Settled for $5.5 million, the case shows up in a database used by lawyers, but only as Confidential v. Confidential. Also termed “confidential”: names of county, defense lawyers, medical experts.





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