Jury Awards $6.2 Mill. To Family In Professor’s Death
The family of a deceased University of North Florida professor will receive a $6.2 million settlement from a local hospital after the professor died during a CT scan. The man had gastric bypass surgery at Shands at the University of Florida hospital in 2002. Days after the surgery, he began having trouble breathing. The suit claims he was sent to have a CT scan of his lungs despite his troubles breathing while lying down.


