CHICAGO (June 12, 2025) – A Cook County jury awarded more than $20 million in damages to the family of an 11-year-old girl who died from toxic levels of morphine.
In October 2020, Ava Wilson was recovering from leukemia when she went for a follow-up appointment at Advocate Children’s Hospital. Lab tests revealed she had low platelet counts, low blood cell counts, high liver enzymes, and low blood pressure. She was discharged from Advocate Children’s Hospital with instructions to take 15 milligrams of morphine every four hours, triple the amount of her previous prescriptions. Approximately 36 hours after getting home, she died in her sleep from acute drug toxicity of several substances, including lethal levels of morphine in her system at the time of her death.
Ava’s mom spoke with CBS 2 about the tragic loss of her daughter and what this verdict means to her and her family. Please click here to read the full story.
