Dec. 11, 2008 – Three days into the new fiscal year, the Cook
County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an unprecedented $9.8
million medical malpractice settlement last week, as President Todd Stroger
seeks $280 million in bonds to cover day-to-day costs. Commissioner Peter N. Silvestri (9th) called the
settlement, involving the 2005 death of 27-year-old Farrah Dickerson, atypical....
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