$2.4M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Undiagnosed Bowel Obstruction
A 47-year-old nurse had severe back pain and abdominal pain for which she went to a local hospital emergency room on March 10, 2007. The nurse had gastric bypass surgery two years earlier, for which bowel obstruction is a known risk. Despite the woman’s symptoms and her history of prior gastr[...]