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Chicago Tribune - November 19, 1999

Cook County Hospital loses $3 million civil judgment

Report accuses scientist of giving false testimony

A Cook County jury has awarded the family of a Chicago child $3 million in a medical malpractice suit against Cook County Hospital, according to the family's attorney.

The verdict Wednesday came after a weeklong trial over problems arising from the July 1995 birth of the child, which damaged nerves in her right arm and hand, attorney Kathleen Zellner said.

The child, who is 4, can't raise her hand over her head or open or close her hand, Zellner said.

$15.5 Million
For Kevin Fox, who was falsely arrested, prosecuted and convicted in the murder of his 4 year old daughter

$13.05 Million
For a suicide after the hospital refused to admit. Highest verdict in the nation for medical malpractice suicide

$4.25 Million
Settlement against city of Chicago for two police officers who failed to respond in a timely manner

$3 Million
Settlment for 25-week premature baby boy who lost eyesight due to treatment delay

$3 Million
For brachial plexus injury that occurred at birth resulting in partial paralysis of right hand and arm

$2.43 Million
Settlement for cardiac arrest suffered by a 3-week old in the ER after wrongfully adminsitered drug

$2.2 Million
For sexual assault victim raped at the Chicago Bar Association building, the largest sexual assault verdict in Illinois at the time 

$2.0 Million
For a prisoner who lost his left eye as a result of deliberate indifference, the largest civil rights verdict for a prisoner at the time

$1.5 Million
For wrongful conviction and coerced confession of plaintiff when he was 14 years old, imprisoned for 15 years, overturned by DNA evidence

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