$6M verdict after fatal brain hemorrhage

By Jordyn Reiland jreiland@lawbulletinmedia.com

Posted July 11, 2019 11:02 AM

A Cook County jury awarded $6 million to the family of a man who died four days after he went to the hospital for a severe headache.The verdict came late Tuesday after an 11-day trial before Circuit Judge Edward S. Harmening.On June 9, 2014, Robbin L. Myers went to the emergency room at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest with complaints of “the worst headache of his life” for 10 days, sensitivity to light, right-eye pain and high blood pressure.An ER physician ordered a CT scan which came back …

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