Illinois Supreme Court Reverses Appellate Court in Extraordinary Causation...
This medical malpractice lawsuit alleged failure to diagnose and treat a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in a patient’s torn Achilles tendon before the DVT progressed to a fatal pulmonary embolism. The jury...
View Article$1.3 Million Settlement in Failure to Review Child’s Medical Records
Doe, who was born with the congenital heart defect tetralogy of Fallot, underwent surgery to repair the defect when he was an infant. Various echocardiograms during his childhood revealed a small hole...
View Article$6.5 Million Jury Verdict in Negligence in Colon Cancer Surgery
Lenville Hall Sr. underwent a laparoscopic right hemicolectomy at Southside Regional Medical Center. For the next eight days, urine accumulated in Hall’s abdomen, which required surgery to repair a...
View Article$2 Million Settlement in Failure to Diagnose Prostate Cancer
Doe, age 63, went to Dr. Roe, his primary care physician, for a physical examination. Dr. Roe ordered a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, which showed an abnormal result of 17.6 ng/mL. The results...
View ArticleUndisclosed Settlement Reached Before Jury Verdict of $2 Million in Negligent...
Darion Brewer was just seven months old and was sick for nine days. He was placed on Zithromax (Z-pak), an anti-biotic after being taken to a hospital emergency room and urgent care facility. He was...
View Article$900,000 Settlement in Failure to Diagnose and Treat Myocardial Infarction
David Detweiler, 73, was suffering from chronic atrial fibrillation, a condition where a patient has an irregular heartbeat or a heartbeat that is faster than an acceptable rate. He also had other...
View Article$5.45 Million Settlement for Failure to Treat Infection
Ms. Doe, 36, went to a hospital emergency department complaining of severe flank or side pain. She underwent testing and was diagnosed as having a kidney stone in her ureter. Ms. Doe’s test results...
View Article$950,000 Settlement in Negligent and Unnecessary Cardiac Procedures
Mr. Doe, in his mid-60s, was diagnosed as having severe aortic stenosis. He consulted with Dr. Roe, a cardiologist who recommended coronary angiography, ventriculography and an aortography. While Mr....
View Article$3 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Bowel...
Frances Mitchell, 43, underwent outpatient laparoscopic surgery performed by surgeon Dr. Andrew Green at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Approximately 12 hours after the surgery, she returned to...
View Article$1.1 Million Settlement in Failure to Timely Treat Spinal Fracture
Mr. Doe, age 51, fell at home and injured his back. He went to an urgent care facility, complaining of back pain that did not improve with medication or application of cold or heat. At the time, Mr....
View Article$2 Million Court Award in Failure to Timely Diagnose Breast Cancer
Melissa Avilez suffered from breast lumps and pain. She consulted a certified nurse midwife, Kerry-Ann Dacosta, who worked for Urban Health Plan, a federally funded clinic. Although Avilez sought...
View Article$1.95 Million Recovery for Late Diagnosis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Gerald Culhane went to his primary care physician at Buffalo Veterans Administration Medical Center, complaining of a lump in his neck over a three-month period. A CT scan was reviewed by a radiologist...
View Article$3.5 Million Settlement for Failure to Timely Treat Stroke, Symptoms
Ms. Doe underwent successful breast reconstruction surgery. She was recovering in the hospital when she began to experience weakness on one side of her body, which progressed to full-side weakness,...
View Article$5.25 Million Settlement in Delayed Cancer Diagnosis, Failure to Report...
Doe, 21, experienced right testicle pain. He went to his local hospital emergency room complaining of persistent pain. An ultrasound showed a hematoma or neoplasm. Doe was referred to a urologist who...
View ArticleIllinois Supreme Court Reverses Appellate Court and Affirms Trial Court in...
On appeal from a trial court decision, the Illinois Appellate Court answered that the circuit court abused its discretion and denied the plaintiff a fair trial by refusing to issue a non-pattern jury...
View Article$4 Million Settlement Reached in Wrongful Death Alleged to be Caused by...
Toni Marie Overmyer, 44, underwent a robotic hysterectomy at Swedish Hospital. After she was extubated in the operating room, the attending CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) allegedly...
View ArticleU.S. District Court Upholds $6.2 Million Judgment in Medical Negligence...
A federal trial judge has upheld a $6.2 million award by the presiding trial judge for a man permanently disabled because of medical negligence at a veteran’s hospital even though the man died three...
View Article$3 Million Arbitration Award for Wrongful Discharge and Death for Failure to...
Ms. Doe, 48, was admitted to a hospital where blood work showed several severe abnormalities. Nonetheless, Dr. Roe, the hospitalist overseeing Ms. Doe’s care, discharged her. Ms. Doe’s condition...
View Article$10 Million Jury Verdict After Hospital Does Not Treat Kidney Failure
Rita Epps, 63, went to the Southside Regional Medical Center emergency room. While at the hospital, Epps underwent testing, which showed she was suffering from acute kidney failure. She was admitted to...
View Article$6.46 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Diagnose Cause of Cardiac Condition
With several other physicians, cardiologist Dr. Roy Venzon attended to Laura Staib, 39. While she was in the hospital, Staib was diagnosed as having congestive heart failure, pneumonia and sepsis. She...
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