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Settlement of $900,000 reached in postpartum death of Chicago mom
Jet, August 7, 2006
A Chicago husband whose wife took her own life after she suffered postpartum psychosis recently reached a $900,000 settlement with the doctor and hospital that treated her.
In 2002 Sam Stokes filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Dr. George Melnyk and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, alleging that his wife, Melanie, had not been treated for depression in May 200l-almost three months after the birth of the couple's daughter, Sommer Skyy, reports the Chicago Tribune.
On June 1, 2001, Melanie Stokes was released from the hospital, and shortly after that she disappeared. On June 11 the new mother jumped to her death from a 12th floor Chicago hotel window (JET, July 2, 2001).
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Under the settlement the hospital must pay $150,000, and Melnyk must pay $750,000. The family's attorney Beverly Spearman said the family is pleased with the agreement.
"The husband is really just happy to get this behind him," Spearman told JET. "He's happy with the settlement amount."
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