The federal government has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a man who received shoddy care from the Veterans Administration. Rhonda Soukup filed the lawsuit on behalf of herself and her mother and sister in the death of her father, Leo James Soukup.
The elder Soukup, 84, had been a regular patient at the Wagner VA Clinic. He had served in the Army during the 1960s and died on Oct. 3, 2023, after being flown to Avera Heart Hospital from Wagner.
Original reporting: The Dakota Scout (Sioux Falls) — read the source article.
