Personal Injury Law

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Gives Family $7.5 Million

By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

One man lost his wife to medical negligence after a perforated bowel. The retired police office and his sons settled a wrongful-death lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against the Little Company of Mary Hospital and two other entities. The $7.5 million settlement with the hospital set a Cook County record for a settlement in a wrongful death of an adult without minor children. The victim was chairperson of all 10 community mental health advisory boards in Chicago. She was then diagnosed with stage three endometrial cancers and began radiation therapy at the Little Company of Mary. She was over radiated which then perforated her bowel and caused a bacterial infection in her blood. This ultimately caused her wrongful death. While the prescription called for 180 centigrays of radiation, the victim received 270. This was a 50 percent overdose in radiation. They are ensuring that this type of medical error does not occur in the future. To read about the landmark medical malpractice settlement, please click the link.

Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on January 15, 2010 (boomark / email).