Update: Comments from Garrett Boehm Jr. of Johnson & Bell, as well as updated information about sole practitioner John Miller, were added to the story.Citing deficient briefs by the plaintiff and a general philosophy of upholding verdicts when possible, an appeals panel has affirmed a jury’s ruling for a hospital in a wrongful-death case.The 1st District Appellate Court this week ruled the estate of a woman who died of sepsis at the University of Chicago Medical Center violated court rules in her appellate …