San Francisco pays $3 million to family of woman found dead in hospital stairwell
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has approved a payment of nearly $3 million to the family of a woman who was found dead in a stairwell 17 days after she disappeared from her hospital room.
Lynne Spalding's body was found by a building engineer checking the locked stairwell at San Francisco General Hospital in September 2013. The 57-year-old woman was being treated for a bladder infection and was described as disoriented when she left her room.
An autopsy found Spalding died of dehydration and liver problems related to alcoholism.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The city of San Francisco and University of California officials agreed in December to pay Spalding's two adult children. The deal was unanimously approved Tuesday.