The family of an 11-year-old girl who died after surviving cancer has been awarded $20.5 million after a jury determined that the prescribed morphine ultimately killed her.
Ava Wilson’s family filed a lawsuit against Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation following her death in 2020.
On October 31 of that year, Ava died in her sleep due to acute toxicity from a combination of morphine, hydroxyzine, and gabapentin, the family’s attorneys, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard PC, reported this week. The lawsuit alleged that she had lethal levels of morphine in her system.
Ava had been discharged from a clinic in Illinois, United States, 36 hours before her death. While there, the girl cried in pain and had difficulty walking and foot drop, according to her lawyers.