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USA Agrees to Pay $5.75 Million to the Family of a 33 Year-Old Army Veteran Who Died by Suicide at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center
PALM BEACH, Fla., July 5, 2023 (Newswire.com) – The family of Sgt. Brieux Dash has reached a historic settlement for $5,750,000 in their wrongful death lawsuit against the United States of America based on the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center’s negligent failure to prevent Sgt. Dash’s death by suicide. It is believed to be the largest death by suicide case the Department of Justice has ever settled.
