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Jury Enters Verdict of $45.6 Million in Spinal Surgery Gone Very Wrong
Edward Belowyianis, 14, suffered from scoliosis. Scoliosis is often referred to as curvature of the spine. The curve of the spine could be sideways and most often occurs during growth spurts in young...
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$2 Million Jury Verdict for Death of Patient for Failure to Timely Schedule...
Wayne Reynolds, 64, who had a history of smoking and high cholesterol, experienced rapid heartbeat and other problems over the course of several years. He consulted a cardiologist, Dr. Norma Khoury,...
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$1.65 Million Settlement for Wrongful Death of Patient Whose Needed Surgery...
Sara Perez, 30, suffered a seizure and collapsed. She was admitted to a hospital where doctors diagnosed a noncancerous brain tumor. Upon discharge, Perez was referred to another medical center where a...
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Trial Judge’s Summary Judgment Regarding...
On July 30, 2008, Isaiah Lockhart went to the Haymarket Center, a chemical dependency facility. Lockhart had a history of alcohol withdrawal. However, when Lockhart complained of “shortness of breath,...
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$275,000 Settlement Reached in Confidential Arrangement for Failure to Remove...
Mr. Doe, who was in his 60s, was admitted to a hospital for heart surgery. While he was recovering, healthcare personnel placed multiple lines in his body, including a central venous pressure catheter,...
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$500,000 Confidential Settlement for Negligent Management of Anesthesia
Mr. Doe, 60, underwent an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram at a local hospital. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram (ERCM) is a procedure that allows medical providers to examine...
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$7.5 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Diagnose Impending Stroke
Finis Cuff, 61, had a history of smoking and other health problems, including diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. When Cuff experienced elevated blood pressure, primary care physician...
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Jury Enters $25.59 Million Verdict for Failure to Identify, Treat...
Carl Beauchamp, 44, fell and hit his head. He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital where he underwent testing and was released with instructions to return if he noticed changes in his state of mind....
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Institute of Medicine Report Diagnostic Errors Gain Too Little Attention
Unfortunately, there are too many medical or hospital related errors that have injured or killed patients in the United States. According to a recent study by the Institute of Medicine, “Most people...
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$1.05 Million Jury Verdict in Negligent Performance of Laparoscopic...
Donne Licudine, 20, was diagnosed with cholecystitis, the inflammation of the gallbladder. The gallbladder is the small organ near the liver that plays a part in the digestion of food. When the...
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $12.2 Million Jury Verdict for the Death of...
Matthew Gulino, the husband of the plaintiff, Joanne Gulino, visited his primary care physician in October 2009 complaining of nausea, fatigue, shortness of breath, chills and lightheadedness. The...
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$1.12 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Prevent Death in Pulmonary Embolism
Michael Wagner was 48 and weighed 600 pounds. He underwent gastric bypass surgery performed by general surgeon Hans Schmidt M.D. and an assistant surgeon Sabastian Eid M.D. Wagner had been taking...
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$3.5 Million Jury Verdict in Death Caused by Failure to Timely Contact...
Michael Banks was 39 years old when he underwent cervical spine surgery. Right after the surgery, he began to experience fever, chills and coughing. His wife called the office of the treating...
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$1 Million Settlement for Patient who Suffered Negligent Microdiscectomy
In a confidential settlement, a 50-year-old woman underwent a microdiscectomy performed by a neurosurgeon. The patient’s blood pressure dropped after the procedure, and her condition then deteriorated....
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$4.09 Million Jury Verdict in Misdiagnosis of Gastric Outlet Obstruction
Jeannette Collins, 46, complained of abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea. She underwent testing, including a CT scan, at a hospital emergency room. The scan revealed a small bowel obstruction. General...
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Affirmed on Appeal: Medical Negligence Causing Death of Patient Results in...
On Jan. 12, 2009, Paul Vanderhoof was admitted to the hospital for the surgical removal of his gallbladder. This procedure is also called a cholecystectomy. During the surgery, the surgeon, Dr....
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$22.1 Million Cook County Jury Verdict for Mishandled Bleeding that Caused...
In a tragic medical malpractice case, Jeanette Turner, who was just 42 years old, suffered permanent brain damage at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in 2006. It was alleged in the Cook County lawsuit...
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$15.6 Million Jury Verdict Against Laboratory that Erroneously Interpreted a...
Darian Wisekal had a pap smear in August 2008. The slide was sent to Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp). A LabCorp technologist errantly interpreted the slide as “negative for...
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Cook County Jury Verdict for the Misdiagnosis of Teen’s Testicular Torsion...
A Cook County jury entered a $351,000 jury verdict for 14-year-old Arkadiusz Sztuk who arrived at the emergency room at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., with complaints of lower left...
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit Applying the One-Year...
Jennifer Lee, 17, was injured during a physical education class at her Naperville North High School. Section 13-211 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedures states that when a minor is injured by a...
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