{"id":750,"date":"2011-11-28T23:21:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T05:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wis-injury.com\/blog\/?p=750"},"modified":"2011-11-28T23:21:05","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T05:21:05","slug":"family-gets-125000-settlement-for-daughters-death-after-stay-at-milwaukee-county-mental-health-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wis-injury.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/family-gets-125000-settlement-for-daughters-death-after-stay-at-milwaukee-county-mental-health-complex.html","title":{"rendered":"Family Gets $125,000 Settlement For Daughter’s Death After Stay At Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Is a life only worth $125,000? In some cases, apparently, the answer is yes.<\/p>\r\n

The parents of a woman who died following a stay at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex, a case that lead led to a\u00a0review of the way the mentally ill are treated in that locality, have received a $125,000 settlement, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported last week.<\/p>\r\n

That $125,000 doesn’t sound like very much for the death of a 33-year-old woman, does it? But the case has ben credited with being the impetus for reform and change in the way the patients are treated at the Mental Health Complex.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/milwaukee\/anczaks-mother-finds-no-happy-ending-in-settlement-in-mental-health-case-9e365h9-134473918.html<\/a><\/p>\r\n

The story said that Myron and Jean Anczak “remain deeply dissatisfied\u00a0and conflicted” about the 2006 death of their daughter\u00a0Cindy.\u00a0Part of the settlment will go toward paying hospital bills, while the\u00a0Anczaks’ attorney will be paid $44,000 for his work on the 5-year-0ld case.<\/p>\r\n

According to the Journal Sentinel, the\u00a0settlement says that Cindy Anczak’s demise and the investigation that followed has made the Mental Health Complex re-examine its policies and make improvements regarding “nuitritional care.”<\/p>\r\n

The settlement specifically states that the Anczaks and the county “disagree\u00a0over whether the county was at fault” in Cindy’s death on Aug. 16, 2006.<\/p>\r\n

Her\u00a0cause of death was due to complications of blood clots along with “self-induced” starvation, dehydration,\u00a0and other conditions, the coroner’s report said. Cindy, who was bipolar, refused to eat during her five-week stay at the Mental Health Complex\u00a0and lost 22 pounds while there, the Journal Sentinel reported.<\/p>\r\n

Cindy was eventually put on anti-psychotic drugs, but still refused to eat. She was found unconscious, and was sent to\u00a0Froedtert Hospital, where she died.<\/p>\r\n

The settlement states that Cindy’s death wasn’t the result of any neglect on the part of\u00a0the Mental Health Complex, according to the Journal\u00a0Sentinel.<\/p>\r\n

It’s no wonder that the Anczaks are “conflicted” about the outcome of their daughter’s case.<\/p>\r\n

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Is a life only worth $125,000? In some cases, apparently, the answer is yes. The parents of a woman who died following a stay at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex, a case that lead led to a\u00a0review of the way the mentally ill are treated in that locality, have received a $125,000 settlement, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[543,542],"class_list":["post-750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cindy-anczak-case","tag-milwaukee-county-mental-health-complex"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t