$6.25 Million Jury Verdict for Injuries Suffered for an Unnecessary Hip...
Elizabeth Njinga suffered from back pain for a long period of time. She was referred to an orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Michael Alexiades. The doctor reviewed her x-rays and ordered an MRI. Dr. Alexiades...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Verdict Over...
In this medical malpractice jury case, a Cook County Circuit Court judge rejected a request by the plaintiff, Jill Bailey. She had requested a non-pattern jury instruction on “loss-of-chance.” The...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court Affirms Appellate Court Reversing Trial Court’s...
Alexis Dameron was held in contempt for refusing to comply with the Circuit Court of Cook County’s discovery order. Under the order, she was required to disclose the report of Dr. David Preston to the...
View Article$30 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Administer Anticoagulants
Maria Elena Fernandez, 71, fell and fractured her ankle. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she was met by orthopedist Dr. Charles Jordan who ordered Heparin, a blood thinner, to treat...
View Article$3.5 Million Settlement Reached for Death for Failure to Identify, Treat...
Mr. Doe, 56, had a history of hypertension and dyslipidemia. He experienced shortness of breath over a three-month period and consulted Dr. Roe’s physician assistant. The physician assistant, who was a...
View Article$950,000 Settlement Reached in Medical Malpractice Case for Failure to Reveal...
Thomas Lapsley went to a nearby hospital emergency room where doctors ordered a CT scan of his abdomen and pelvis. The scan revealed a lesion on his liver. A follow-up liver CT scan was ordered to rule...
View Article$2.3 Million Settlement for Negligent Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Ms. Doe, 41, underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy that was performed by Dr. Roe, an obstetrician. During the procedure, Dr. Roe discovered that a morcellator was unavailable and that the doctor could...
View Article$185,000 Settlement for the Wrongful Death in Failure to Assess and Evaluate...
When Juanita Norton, 88, fell in her yard, she was taken to the local emergency room. At the hospital, she was diagnosed as having multiple pelvic fractures. She was admitted to the hospital for pain...
View Article$19.85 Million Settlement Reached in Negligent Transfer, Treatment of Stroke
Eric Smith, 47, had been diagnosed with hypertension and suffered an intracranial hemorrhage at home. He was assessed at a hospital and then transferred to another hospital for neurosurgical...
View Article$1.95 Million Settlement Reached in Late Diagnosis of Lung Cancer Lawsuit
Doe, age 35, was hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia. Doe’s pneumonia cleared, but follow-up X-rays taken one month later and seven months after that showed a suspicious lesion on her lung. The...
View Article$1.4 Million Settlement for Failure to Diagnose Liver Cancer
Daniel Scavetta, who had a history of intravenous drug abuse, began seeing internist Dr. James Agresti. Dr. Agresti prescribed Suboxone. After a colonoscopy revealed multiple polyps, including one that...
View Article$175,000 Settlement for Improper Wound Treatment Leading to Gangrene,...
Mr. Doe, a diabetic who suffered from peripheral vascular disease, underwent a partial leg amputation. While undergoing inpatient rehabilitation, Mr. Doe developed symptoms of a gastrointestinal bleed...
View Article$750,000 Settlement for Negligent Hysterectomy Resulting in Colostomy
Ms. Doe, 63, underwent a hysterectomy performed by Dr. Roe. Almost three weeks after the procedure, she was admitted to a hospital where testing showed that she had a gangrenous cecum. Ms. Doe...
View Article$475,000 in Death for Failure to Perform Cardiac Workup
Laurence Seng was seen at a hospital emergency room where he complained of a persistent cough, chest heaviness and burning following an outpatient urological procedure. Seng, who vomited in the ER, was...
View Article$285,000 Settlement for Failure to Prevent Patient’s Fall at Hospital
Carolyn Parris, a 76-year-old woman suffering from dementia, was taken by ambulance to the Mary Black Health Systems Gaffney Emergency Room. She was admitted for pneumonia and identified as a moderate...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Reverses Public Aid Lien Claim in Medical...
Lois K. Ries, a public aid recipient, was paralyzed by what was alleged to be medical malpractice. This took place in 2011. Her medical malpractice lawsuit was pending when she died. After settling the...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict in Medical Malpractice...
In this medical malpractice lawsuit, the plaintiff claimed the judge’s questioning of “Juror 3” coerced a verdict. The judge gave a Prim instruction (Illinois Pattern Jury Instruction, Civil No. 1.05;...
View Article$325,000 Settlement Reached in Hospital’s Failure to Administer Fluid and...
Julius D’Amico, 73, was admitted to Bryn Mawr Hospital for surgery to treat what was believed to be an infection in her arm AV graft used for hemodialysis. During the surgery, she lost blood and fluid...
View Article$2.1 Million Settlement in Failure to Advise Patient About Abnormal Pap Smear
Akimbee Burns, who was in her late 30s, underwent a pap smear at a federally operated health care center. The health center’s pap smear showed atypical squamous cells. Unfortunately, Burns’s treating...
View Article$2.25 Million Settlement in Failure to Diagnose Spine Injury
Anna Mae Burnett had a history of falls. She was admitted to Powerback Rehabilitation after she had spinal surgery. During that admission, she had multiple falls. After the last fall, she was...
View Article