{"id":454,"date":"2012-03-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2012\/03\/06\/jury_finds_for_doctor_in_patients_death_due_to_pain_medication_overdose_estate_of_prehn_v_dr_amin\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:11:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:11:58","slug":"jury_finds_for_doctor_in_patients_death_due_to_pain_medication_overdose_estate_of_prehn_v_dr_amin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/jury_finds_for_doctor_in_patients_death_due_to_pain_medication_overdose_estate_of_prehn_v_dr_amin\/","title":{"rendered":"$500,000 Settlement After Jury Deadlock Over Patient&#8217;s Death From Pain Medication Overdose &#8211; Estate of Prehn v. Dr. Amin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In TV and movie trial dramas, we are always shown a jury hotly debating over the case facts, with one or two jurors holding out against the rest of the jury.  However, in Illinois, in order for a jury verdict to stand it needs to be unanimous.  This means that if even one of the jurors cannot agree with the rest of the jury, then the judge finds the jury to be deadlocked and declares a mistrial.<\/p>\n<p>This occurred in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/category\/wrongful-death\/\">Illinois wrongful death lawsuit<\/a> of <em>Estate of Steven Prehn, deceased v. Dr. Sandeep Amin, University Anesthesiologists S.C.<\/em>, 07 L 1115.  After the jury debated for over ten hours over the course of two days it was still unable to reach an unanimous decision.  While nine jurors were in favor of the plaintiff, the remaining three jurors were in favor of the defendant doctor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prehn<\/em> involved the death of a 46 year-old father of three from a pain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1347367.html\">medication overdose<\/a>.  Steven Prehn had visited Dr. Amin, a pain management specialists, at his Rush Pain Center facility with complaints of chronic pain.  Dr. Amin prescribed Methadone, an opiate or narcotic medication typically prescribed to treat moderate to severe pain.  Twenty-six hours after the office visit, Prehn was found dead at his home from a Methadone overdose.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/jury_finds_for_doctor_in_patients_death_due_to_pain_medication_overdose_estate_of_prehn_v_dr_amin\/#more-454\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In TV and movie trial dramas, we are always shown a jury hotly debating over the case facts, with one or two jurors holding out against the rest of the jury. However, in Illinois, in order for a jury verdict to stand it needs to be unanimous. 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