A suit claiming that a woman had to have her colon removed because of failure to diagnose a blockage, Szymanski v. Rothman, settled in Ocean County for $1.3 million on Dec. 21.

On Aug. 23, 2013, plaintiff Kathryn Szymanski, then 61, went to Ocean Medical Center in Brick with constipation. After an examination and X-rays, she was sent home, according to her lawyer, Daryl Zaslow of Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow in Edison.