Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled for $7.5 Million
Thomas Quirk who is a retired police officer and his two sons settled a wrongful-death lawsuit in Cook County Illinois against Little Company of Mary Hospital and two other medical establishments for $7.5 Million. The lawsuit was the result of the 2004 death of Patricia Quirk who was diagnosed with stage three endometrial cancer and had to endure being overradiated 17 times which led to her death. This type of personal injury is very tragic and preventable.
Many times medical professionals have such work loads that they fail to spend the kind of quality time evaluating what is going on. Treatments are not properly given to patients and no one seems to be watching what is going on. Hospitals and medical establishments should spend more time on each patient and less time warehousing people. This wrongful death lawsuit should not have been needed because the death was not necessary. This was preventable with good procedures in place. No family should have to suffer a loss like this.
"The prescription called for 180 centigrays of radiation. Shereceived 270 centigrays, which represents a 50 percent overdose," said Barry Goldberg.
