Jury Awards Family Millions After Finding Doctor Medically Negligent in Care of Tortured 8-Year-Old Chicago Girl

A Chicago jury has awarded the family of Gizzell Ford, an 8-year-old girl who died at the hands of her abusive grandmother, $48 million after finding that the doctor who had seen Gizzell was medically negligent in his treatment of the child.

Jury Awards Family Millions After Finding Doctor Medically Negligent in Care of Tortured 8-Year-Old Chicago Girl

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