$4.9 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Timely Evaluate Patient, Leading to...
Samuel Gray was 61 when he reported excruciating pain and cramping in his left lower leg. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital emergency room where it was noted that he had diminished foot pulses...
View Article$1.6 Million Jury Verdict in Negligent Handling of Contrast Dye that Caused...
David Marr, 72, was undergoing cancer treatments at a cancer institute. He underwent a kidney function test, which was ordered by a nurse practitioner, Janet Kunsman. Radiologist Dr. Sachin Saboo then...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court Considers Whether a Technical Violation of the...
On Nov. 20, 2018, the Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Rosenbach v. Six Flags, which reportedly is the first case concerning Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act...
View Article$500,000 Jury Verdict for Injury to Patient Whose Eyesight Was Harmed by...
Deborah DeFranko was diagnosed by ophthalmologist Dr. Taylor Poole as having cataracts. Dr. Poole performed cataract surgery on DeFranko’s eyes over the course of one month. During the cataract...
View Article$105 Million Jury Verdict with Punitive Damages for Misdiagnosis of Cancer...
Dawn Kali was 36 when she was diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer. She was being treated by Robert Young at pH Miracle Living, an inpatient treatment center. Kali flew to San Diego, where she paid...
View Article$109.76 Million Jury Verdict for the Catastrophic Injuries Caused by...
Lisa-Maria Carter, 45, was seen as an outpatient at Tampa General Hospital to remove an ovarian cyst. The staff physician, Dr. Larry Glazerman, performed a Hassan laparoscopic procedure aided by two...
View Article$2 Million Settlement Reached for Failure to Transfer Patient from Urgent...
Ms. Doe, age 47, suffered from multiple sclerosis and used a walker. After she visited an urgent care clinic, she became tired and tried to sit down on her walker. The walker flipped over and Ms. Doe...
View Article$3.5 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Diagnose and Treat Ischemic Stroke
Melanie Smith, 40, was taken to a hospital suffering from a severe headache, slurred speech, dizziness, right-sided weakness, and vomiting. These were all apparent signs of a stroke. Two hours after...
View Article$7.38 Million Jury Verdict for Late Diagnosis of Metastatic Brain Cancer
A chest X-ray of Marilyn Day, 76, revealed a suspicious lung mass several weeks after she had been admitted to Firelands Regional Medical Center. She was suffering from leg weakness, confusion and...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case...
Jodi Hall sued Dr. Roberto P. Cippola for medical malpractice, claiming that he had violated the applicable standard of care by not referring Jason Hall, Jodi’s husband, to a hospital emergency room....
View ArticleU.S. Federal District Court Rules That Insurer is Estopped from Cutting...
In the wrongful death case for Lee Lindemann, filed on behalf of the Estate of Sue Ann Lindemann, the U.S. District Court ruled that estoppel blocked National Fire & Marine Insurance Co. from...
View Article$2 Million Settlement for Failure to Transfer Urgent Care Patient to Hospital
Ms. Doe, 47 years old, suffered from multiple sclerosis and used a walker. After visiting an urgent care clinic, she became tired and tried to sit down on her walker. The walker flipped over and Ms....
View Article$135 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Diagnose, Treat Postoperative...
Faith DeGrand was just 10 when she was diagnosed with congenital scoliosis. To try to prevent the condition from worsening, Faith underwent surgery by a pediatric orthopedist, Dr. Eric Jones. In this...
View ArticleUS Court of Appeals Reverses Summary Judgment in Conflict Over...
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit of Chicago held that a prior acts exclusion under an insurance policy issued by a professional liability insurer to a medical-practice insurer...
View ArticleU.S. Court of Appeals Affirms $15 Million Jury Verdict for Misdiagnosis of...
This case arises out of a medical malpractice lawsuit alleged to have been prompted by the negligence of a radiologist. Courtney Webster had a CT scan performed at CDI Indiana LLC‘s diagnostic imaging...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court Dismisses Interlocutory Appeal Regarding Claim of...
This interlocutory appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court was dismissed. A supervisory order was entered remanding the case back to the trial court. The plaintiff in this case filed a wrongful death and...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Reverses Decision that Party Can Change a Testifying...
In August 2013, Alexis Dameron underwent surgery at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center where she claimed to have sustained injuries due to medical negligence. She filed a medical malpractice case...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Affirms Jury Verdict Ruling that Defendant Doctor’s...
After Ernestine Wilson’s 23-year-old son Brian Curry died from a saddle pulmonary embolism (a blood clot that blocked the large pulmonary artery straddling his lungs), she sued emergency room physician...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Finds That Physician and Pharmacy Have No Duty to...
The plaintiff, Stephan Urbaniak,was prescribed and took a drug called Reglan for six years. He developed severe movement disorders. The prescribing physician, Dr. John Ross, admits that he was unaware...
View Article$1.8 Million Wrongful Death Settlement for Failure to Diagnose Pulmonary...
Ms. Doe, age 43, was hospitalized and treated for sepsis after she underwent laparoscopic surgery. Shortly after her release from the hospital, Ms. Doe experienced severe shortness of breath,...
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