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Illinois Jury Finds in Favor of Doctors in Stroke Case
A Will County jury has found that a stroke suffered by the son of Kathy Nakamura was not preventable by anticoagulant treatment by his physicians. In this medical-malpractice lawsuit, it was alleged...
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$12.2 Million Jury Verdict for Excessive Administration of Antiarrhythmic...
Lee Lyman was 51 years old when he underwent successful aortic valve surgery at Sacred Heart River Bend Medical Center. Anesthesia was provided by Dr. Albert Cho of Northwest Anesthesia, P.C. While in...
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Failure to Timely Detect Compartment Syndrome Results in $2.1 Million Settlement
Deshawn Gray, 25, suffered a left tibial fracture in a motorcycle accident. He was transferred to St. Joseph Hospital where he was admitted by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jacqueline Mlsna. Dr. Mlsna ordered...
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Cook County Jury Finds for Oncologist Where Chemotherapy Drug was Blamed for...
A Cook County jury signed a verdict after answering a special interrogatory in this medical malpractice case related to the prescription of a drug Adriamycin, which is given to cancer patients for...
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Late Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome Leads to Jury Verdict of $1.58 Million
John Pluard, 51, fell from an attic and landed on a concrete surface 14 feet below, fracturing his leg and left elbow. Pluard was admitted to Harborview Medical Center where he underwent leg surgery to...
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Denial of Conversion of Medical Malpractice...
Mary McNair had knee replacement surgery at Rush University Medical Center. The surgery did not go as expected and left her with permanent injuries. On April 8, 2014, she filed a medical malpractice...
View ArticleCook County Hospital Lien Found to be Invalid
A bench trial brought by the mother of 12-year-old Akeem Manago resulted in a $200,000 judgement in favor of Akeem. The case was brought by Akeem’s mother, April Pritchett. Akeem suffered permanent...
View Article$1 Million in Settlement Reached for Death of Juvenile While in Detention
A 16-year-old girl was incarcerated at a county juvenile detention center.She had a history of chronic depression and other mental health issues, was noted to be irritable and at risk for...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Case Based on Qualifications...
A medical malpractice lawsuit was filed by Beverly Coote on behalf of her mother, Phyllis Brevitz, against Dr. Robert A. Miller and Midwest Orthopaedics Consultants S.C. The issue in the case was...
View Article$500,000 Jury Verdict for Patient Injured by Surgical Negligence During D&C
Johnna Hunt, 40, underwent an outpatient hysteroscopic D&C that was performed by an obstetrician, Dr. John Kaczmarek. She returned home after this procedure and began to hemorrhage. She was...
View ArticleCook County Jury Decides Patient Death in Pulmonary Embolism
Betty Spotts fell and fractured her pelvis at her home on Feb. 10, 2011. The fracture required surgery at Ingalls Memorial Hospital. She was transferred to the defendant Providence Health Care in South...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court Will Decide Wrongful-Death Claim After Statute of...
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to accept for consideration a case appealed from the Illinois Appellate Court for the 1st District stating that this is a case of first impression. The case of...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Time-Barred Complaint Under...
The appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court arose from the Circuit Court of Peoria County, which granted the motion of the defendants, Dr. Clarissa Rhode and Central Illinois Radiological Associates Ltd....
View Article$383,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Medical Malpractice Injuries After...
Sandra Hernandez, 46, underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy performed by the defendant obstetrician/gynecologist, Dr. Joseph Thomas. The surgery was done at Trinity Hospital in Chicago on March 31,...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Affirms Order Barring Undisclosed Expert Opinion...
This case arises out of an appeal taken after the Circuit Court of Cook County judge entered judgment on the verdict in favor of Dr. John Pantano and Suburban Lung Associates, S.C. in a medical...
View Article$4.27 Million Jury Verdict in Infection-Related Leg Amputation for Failure to...
Annabelle Glasgow, who was 71 years old, suffered from diabetes, hypertension and congestive heart failure. She was admitted to Temple University Hospital to undergo bilateral total knee replacements...
View ArticleJury Awards $44.1 Million Verdict in Failure to Continue Blood Thinner...
Andrea Tate was 57 when she underwent surgery to remove a noncancerous tumor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. After the surgery, the staff at the hospital administered Heparin to...
View Article$4.58 Million Jury Verdict in Medical Malpractice Death Case
Nakeyia McMichael, a 33-year-old nurse, was hospitalized for treatment for a cerebral edema. Just 18 months later she returned to the hospital’s emergency room complaining of head pain, nausea and...
View Article$16.5 Million Settlement Reached in Amputations for Alleged Malpractice in...
Ana Pereira, 29, was admitted to Monmouth Medical Center where she was diagnosed as having a kidney stone and renal colic. Her condition continued to deteriorate. Blood cultures were positive for...
View Article$2.28 Million Jury Verdict for Overuse of Contrast Dye
Robert Firkins was 67 and suffered from chronic renal disease and cardiac issues. Before having orthopedic surgery, he underwent an angiogram done by an interventional cardiologist, the defendant, Dr....
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