A Lake County jury’s finding that a Libertyville hospital was not liable for a patient’s choking death will stand.In an opinion issued last week, the 2nd District Appellate Court found issue with neither the trial judge’s admission of expert testimony nor a hospital lawyer’s ex parte conversation with a witness. The opinion echoes and makes legal precedent of the findings of a Supreme Court Rule 23 order the appeals court issued in July.Judith Caldwell, daughter of Jeanette M. DeLuca, filed a …