Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Woman to get $2M in surgery mistake

PEORIA, Ill (September 22, 2021) –  A Deer Creek woman who needed a permanent colostomy after a surgical error has accepted a $2 million settlement with a doctor after years of litigation.

Christina Wooten alleged that the delayed removal of a malignant tumor in her colon allowed her cancer to further spread, leading to the permanent colostomy. Please click here to read the full story by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s Grace Barbic.