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: Illinois Medical Malpractice BlogFamily Sues for Medical Malpractice after Surgical Error
By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti
A family of a deceased woman sued a hospital and surgeon for medical malpractice after the woman died from sepsis and a perforated pouch at the beginning of her intestine. The family claims in their medical malpractice suit that it was the surgery performed on the woman that caused such suffering. The woman had entered the hospital for a gall bladder removal. Four months after the surgery she died.
Read more about the medical malpractice allegations here.
Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on June 18, 2009 (boomark / email).
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