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Cook County Settling Medical Death Suit For $9.8 Million

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Chicago Tribune   |   December 4, 2008 10:30 AM

Read More: Cook County Board, Cook County Death Suit, Cook County Medical Lawsuit, Cook County Medical Suit, Farrah Dickerson, Farrah Dickerson Lawsuit, Farrah Dickerson Pregnancy Death, Stroger Hospital, Stroger Hospital Death, Chicago News

The family of a 27-year-old mother of nine who died in Stroger Hospital three years ago after bleeding during a pregnancy will get $9.8 million to settle a lawsuit.

The Cook County Board on Wednesday authorized the medical malpractice settlement in the case of Farrah Dickerson.

According to the suit, medical personnel at the county hospital failed to give Dickerson blood-clotting products in a timely fashion after she began bleeding and collapsed in August 2005. She was 31 weeks' pregnant. Her baby survived.

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The family of a 27-year-old mother of nine who died in Stroger Hospital three years ago after bleeding during a pregnancy will get $9.8 million to settle a lawsuit. The Cook County Board on Wednesday...
The family of a 27-year-old mother of nine who died in Stroger Hospital three years ago after bleeding during a pregnancy will get $9.8 million to settle a lawsuit. The Cook County Board on Wednesday...
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