$20 million settlement recommended for boy’s brain damage suit against Stroger Cook County taxpayers would pay $20 million to the family of a 3-year-old boy who suffered serious brain damage after undergoing outpatient surgery at the main county hospital, under a proposed settlement the county board is expected vote on during next week’s regular meeting. The boy’s family filed a medical malpractice lawsuit last year but now Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez’s ... [News Source]