Dr. Ming Lin will move forward with his lawsuit against a medical administration company

Enterprise/Investigations Reporter

Dr. Ming Lin, the emergency room doctor who was fired after speaking out about COVID-19 safety practices at St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, has settled his lawsuit against PeaceHealth.

“I’m satisfied,” Lin told Cascadia Daily News on Wednesday, Jan. 8. “It was the right thing to do.”

The mediated settlement was reached to avoid lengthy and costly litigation, according to a joint statement from Lin and PeaceHealth, as well as Richard DeCarlo and “Jane Doe” DeCarlo, who were also named as defendants in the case. A trial date had been postponed at least twice. Richard DeCarlo is an Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for PeaceHealth.

“After much consideration, we collectively decided that going to trial and the potential distraction and discord it could create is not in the best interest of the Whatcom County community,” the statement reads. “We hope to put this matter behind us and instead focus on our shared goal to provide compassionate, high-quality healthcare.”

The details of the settlement are confidential, stated Lin’s lawyer, Jason Fellner, a managing partner with the California-based Fellner Law Group.

Lin was dropped as a client by his previous lawyers after he refused to accept a potential multi-million-dollar settlement unless PeaceHealth admitted it was wrong to terminate him in 2020. PeaceHealth has denied...

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