The problem is that the woman's family hired a bad lawyer, who was interested in his cut of the suit and not his clients' best interests.

They clearly should not have settled the case for what they did. Certainly, the clients did not understand that they would have an additional liability from winning the suit. From what I read, it appears that they could have settled for a dollar, and still have been liable for the health care bills.

I hope that I'm talking about the right case here; I did not watch the video.