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Cook County judge: No new trial, $52M medmal verdict stands vs U of Chicago Medical Center

By Jonathan Bilyk | Wednesday, Jan 11, 2017 @ 4:38pm

A Cook County judge has upheld most of a jury’s $53 million medical malpractice verdict awarded to the family of a boy born with cerebral palsy and an intellectual disability, and rejected an attempt by the University of Chicago Medical Center to secure a new trial to reduce or undo most of what is considered the largest malpractice verdict ever awarded in Cook County.