The Sixth Ward (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
AP : The Cook County Board has approved a $9.8 million settlement with the family of a pregnant woman who bled and died in Stroger Hospital three years ago. The family of 27-year-old Farrah Dickerson claimed in a lawsuit that medical personnel at the hospital failed to give her blood-clotting products in a timely fashion after she began bleeding and collapsed in August 2005. Dickerson...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
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...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
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...
