Disfigured Prisoner Settles for $300,000 against Department of Corrections

The November 18, 2008 Seattle Times reports on a case of a Mason County man who settled a personal injury case against the Washington State Department of Corrections after the medical staff at Stafford Creek Correctional Center in Aberdeen misdiagnosed him in 2004 with an allergic reaction to cold medication which turned out to be flesh eating bacteria (necrotizing fasciitis).

Charlie Manning was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where surgeons performed life saving surgery and removed several pounds of infected flesh in his pelvic area including his penis and testicle.  He is now left with permanent scarring and disfigurement.