The family of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has reached an agreement with a Dallas rehabilitation center over her death.
FILE - U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D- Texas , speaks on July 22, 2019, in Dallas . Johnson’s family has reached an agreement with a Dallas rehabilitation center over her death. Family attorney Les Weisbrod said Thursday, June 27, 2024 that Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation agreed to donate an unspecified amount to the Eddie Bernice Johnson Lives Foundation and rename a nursing scholarship in her name. The family of former U.S. Rep.
Weisbrod, who had said a lawsuit would be filed against the facility, declined to say how much Baylor Scott & White would donate. He said no legal action was filed because the facility reached out to resolve the matter. “When we can do good deeds and avoid a lawsuit that’s a win-win for everybody involved,” Weisbrod said.
“We are at peace, we have to accept God’s will, but her initiatives, her interests will continue to live,” Kirk Johnson said.
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