Legal Opinion
Hall v. Flannery
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 4, 2016No. 15-2602PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Chelsea Weekley suffered a skull fracture as an infant and underwent - surgery 17 years later.to fix it. She died, several days after the surgery, and her mother, Sandra Hall, sued the hospital and the surgeons. Hall argued that the surgery caused Weekley to suffer a seizure and die, and that the surgeons should have prescribed anti-seizure medication. But the defendants argued that no seizure had occurred and that a heart-related ailment was the likely cause of death. A jury trial was held and the jury found in the defendants’ favor.
On appeal, Hall argues that the…
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