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Record Cook County Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case

By Michael Progar

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A Cook County, Illinois jury awarded $22 million on January 15, 2008, to the family of a 34-year-old woman who died during labor at an area hospital. The woman's family alleged that the hospital failed to properly treat her high blood pressure, as a result of which she suffered a brain hemorrhage and died four days later. The previous highest award in Illinois in a medical malpractice case for the death of a woman was about $17 million. The story was reported by the Chicago Tribune today.
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Full post as published by Doherty & Progar on January 17, 2008 (boomark / email).

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