Hepatitis C lawsuits settled - UPI.com LAS VEGAS, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Lawsuits brought by 41 people infected with hepatitis C at Nevada endoscopy clinics have been settled after nine days of negotiations, court officials say. The total amount involved was not released when the settlement was announced Tuesday, the Las Vegas Sun reported. It is believed to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. "This is the longest and most complicated settlement conference of my career," Clark County Chief Judge Jennifer Togliatti said in a statement. I am extremely pleased that the parties were able to settle their differences with the assistance of the Eighth Judicial District Court. The parties and I spent nine days in formal meetings and informal back and forth correspondence to get these cases resolved. The state Supreme Court ordered the "global settlement conference" after Teva Parenteral Medicines Inc. and Baxter Health Care Corp. appealed a $522.4 million jury verdict. The sum was awarded to Henry Chanin, a school principal in Henderson.