$1.9 Million Settlement for Delay in Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Abscess Results
Corboy & Demetrio obtained a $1.9 million settlement for a university administrator who went to the University of Chicago Hospital's emergency room complaining of pain in her shoulders and paralysis from the neck down. She waited 30 hours for an MRI, which revealed a spinal abscess. She settled her lawsuit against the hospital for $1.9 million for not properly diagnosing or treating the abscess.