A Woman Who Suffered Brain Damage From an Alleged Undiagnosed Brain Tumor Was Awarded $3,350,000 In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Doctor and Hospital.
After a two week trial in Wheaton Illinois, a DuPage Circuit Court jury reportedly awarded a thirty-three year old woman $3.35 million dollars in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a neurologist and Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, styled Ris v. Advocate Health & Hospitals Corp. d/b/a Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Personal Injury Case No. 2016 L 613, alleging, among other things, that the plaintiff suffered brain damage, including cognitive deficits and short-term memory loss, after an undiagnosed brain tumor spread throughout her brain.
Woman Recovers $3.35 Million Award in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Over Alleged Failure to Timely Diagnose Brain Tumor.
According to reports, the plaintiff asserted that she was admitted to the hospital for headaches, blurred vision and numbness in her arm and discharged without proper follow up and care that might have prevented brain damage had the brain tumor been diagnosed earlier.
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