Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict

An Illinois jury has rendered a record setting verdict to the family of a woman who died after problems during childbirth. The jury awarded $22 million to the family of the deceased woman. In ruling for the Plaintiffs, the jury found that the hospital and its staff were negligent in their failure to treat a high blood pressure condition that ended up causing a massive brain hemmorrhage. The verdict is one of the largest awards involving the death of a woman in Illinois

Chicago Tribune 1/17/08