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Ohio Jury Finds For Hospital In Meningitis Case
By: Associated Press
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A jury has ruled that a southeastern Ohio hospital and one of its emergency room physicians weren't negligent in the 2010 death of a college student from bacterial meningitis.
Joseph Robinson of Cleveland Heights filed the lawsuit following the death of his daughter, Andrea. She was an Ohio University student who sought treatment at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens.
The lawsuit, which sought $3 million, alleged that the hospital delivered substandard care. Defense experts testified that Andrea Robinson died because she waited too long to seek treatment.
The verdict was returned Wednesday in Columbus following a trial of more than two weeks.
A lawsuit filed against the university was on hold pending the outcome of the action against the hospital.