A division of HCA Healthcare has reached settlements with nine families over lawsuits alleging a former NICU nurse injured several infants.
The cases centered around HCA’s Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, Va., which temporarily paused NICU admissions in late 2024 due to what it called at the time “unexplainable fractures” on three infants. After the hospital revised its patient safety policies and a former NICU nurse was charged with malicious wounding and felony child abuse connected to the fractures, the hospital reopened the unit in February.
The former employee, Erin Strotman, RN, faces 12 charges related to five NICU patients. In May, the Virginia Board of Nursing suspended Ms. Strotman’s nursing license, whose trial is scheduled for February 2026.
HCA Health Services of Virginia, which owns Henrico Doctors’ Hospital, reached settlements of undisclosed amounts with nine families, according to CBS affiliate WTVR. Many of the infants involved in the settlements are part of the criminal case against Ms. Strotman, WTVR reported July 1.
An HCA spokesperson confirmed the settlements but did not respond to Becker’s requests for additional comment.
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