Family sues Jax hospital for $17M

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Family sues Jax hospital for $17M
By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Oct 19, 2008 9:41:02 EDT

Naval Hospital Jacksonville is facing a $17 million wrongful-death lawsuit, the latest of several malpractice cases against the Florida facility over the past several years.

The federal lawsuit, scheduled for trial in June, involves the death of Navy wife Rosario Caoile, a 58-year-old mother of two and wife of a retired sailor, who died of a brain aneurism in December 2005.

Caoile went to the hospital’s emergency room complaining of severe headaches and showing symptoms of an undiagnosed aneurism.

She died at her home a week later, never aware of her grave but treatable brain condition. That’s because hospital doctors left her MRI scan unread for five days and failed to contact her after determining she had an aneurism, said the family’s attorney, Sean Cronin of Jacksonville.

Capt. Bruce Gillingham, the hospital’s commanding officer, declined to discuss the case during a telephone interview, citing the Navy’s policy of not commenting on pending litigation.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/10/navy_malpractice_101908w/%2e