$4 Million Settlement for Failure to Properly Treat Aneurysm

During a pretrial conference, partner Barry Chafetz, representing a Red Robin International Vice President who died as a result of not being properly treated for a pulmonary arterial aneurysm, reached a settlement of $4 million on behalf of his client in his lawsuit against Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The executive, who was from Seattle, Washington, was in Chicago for a convention when he experienced the rupture of an aneurysm. He went to Northwestern, was monitored overnight but instead of performing further testing, the Hospital discharged him. While shopping the next day, the aneurysm further ruptured and he died.