$1.5 Million Awarded By Illinois Jury For Misdiagnosis Of Man’s Colon Disease

Mealey's (January 28, 2020, 11:32 AM EST) -- ROCKFORD, Ill. — An Illinois jury awarded $1.5 million on Dec. 17 to the guardian and mother of a man with Down syndrome who sued his pediatrician for failing to diagnose her son’s years of severe constipation as Hirschsprung’s disease (Deanna D. Williams v. Rockford Health Physicians, et al., No. 2016 L 162, Ill. Cir., Winnebago Co.)....