Jury awards former nurse falsely accused of battering infant nearly $3.9M

Eight years after a nurse was falsely accused of breaking an infant’s arm during treatment at the University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital, a federal jury has awarded the woman nearly $3.9 million for malicious prosecution, false arrest, and other losses. An order filed Wednesday outlines the damages owed to Crispiniana Domingo, who in 2016 was arrested and charged with aggravated battery to an infant being treated at UIC Hospital. Domingo is owed $3.67 million in compensatory damages and $220,000 in punitive damages from the officer who falsely charged her with beating the child and breaking his arm, according to […]