Gary Strickland, Administrator of the estate of Marion Drezek v. The Bristol Hospital Inc., et al.: The family of a woman who died unexpectedly at Bristol Hospital has been awarded more than $2.5 million by a jury after proving the hospital was responsible for her death.

Marion Drezek, 74, had a longstanding history of unexplained rectal bleeding, according to the family’s lawyer, Joseph McManus, of the McManus Law Offices in Grafton, Mass. McManus said the woman had colonoscopies and other tests but never found out exactly what was causing the problem.