SETTLEMENT REACHED IN HOUSEWIFE’S DEATH
A 54 year old housewife, the mother of three adult daughters, died at Hinsdale Hospital on August 30, 2001 after her admission for a suspected deep vein thrombosis. Attending doctors began to administer Heparin, a blood thinner, and kept giving the Heparin despite complaints of shortness of breath and back pains. The patient went into cardiac arrest and died. The Medical Examiner, on autopsy, found that death was the result of internal bleeding caused by the Heparin. The defendants had three experts prepared to dispute the cause of death at trial. After the trial began, the plaintiff, represented by Nicholas J. Motherway and John M. Saletta, accepted $2.675 million in settlement before Judge John A. Ward. Circuit Court of Cook County, Case 02 L 16261.