$1 Million Jury Verdict Reduced by State Law in Negligent Spine Surgery
Dr. Fangxiang Chen was an agent of Mercy Clinic East Communities. Dr. Chen allegedly recommended that the plaintiff, Natalie Avilez, 39, undergo a minimally invasive right-sided microdiscectomy at...
View Article$2.75 Million Jury Verdict in Delayed Diagnosis of Liver Cancer
Alan Gadde, who had a history of hepatitis C and cirrhosis of the liver, received care from Dr. Fred Gordon, liver specialist and hepatologist. An MRI revealed the presence of a liver lesion. As a...
View Article$120 Million Jury Verdict in Late Diagnosis and Treatment of Stroke
The wife of William Lee, a 41-year-old father of young children, found him unconscious in the middle of the night. He was rushed to Westchester Medical Center where he underwent a head CT scan and had...
View Article$1.66 Million Jury Verdict in Late Diagnosis of Kidney Disease
Michael Davis consulted a nurse practitioner at CHI St. Alexius Health Williston when he experienced flu-like symptoms. A blood test showed an elevated white blood cell count. Eight months later, he...
View Article$4 Million Settlement in Mishandled Birth Delivery
Brittani Clavet was admitted to the University of Connecticut’s John Dempsey Hospital at 35 weeks gestation. The treating obstetrician, Dr. David Park, allegedly attempted a manual rotation of the...
View ArticleFederal Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Lawsuit is Dismissed Holding...
The family of a man who died of a heart attack while hospitalized after an appendectomy was held not to have a viable medical malpractice case against the attending physician. In July 2017, Timothy...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Finds That Damages Cannot Be Reduced for Written-Off...
The Illinois Appellate Court for the 4th District affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded a decision from the Winnebago County Court. Thomas Rossi, M.D., performed gastric bypass surgery on...
View Article$1.5 Million Settlement in Negligent Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Ms. Doe, age 36, experienced chronic pelvic pain. She consulted with Dr. Roe, a gynecologist, who allegedly diagnosed Stage II endometriosis. Dr. Roe performed a laparoscopic hysterectomy and...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Case of Nursing Liability
On Sept. 22, 2016, Stephanie Delknap was seen by Dr. David Crawford for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux with hiatal hernia. Dr. Crawford “attempted” a partial fundoplication procedure. In the...
View ArticleAffidavit of Merit Not Required in Medical Negligence Lawsuit Alleging Breach...
A Missouri Appellate Court held that a patient suing a healthcare provider for improperly accessing confidential information was not required to file an affidavit of merit. In Illinois, an affidavit of...
View Article$4 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Remove Surgical Sponge
Amanda Hoover delivered her child by cesarean section at Banner-University Medical Center. After the delivery, Hoover experienced chronic abdominal pain, intermittent fever and chills, nausea, vomiting...
View Article$15 Million Settlement in Failure to Send Child to Emergency Department for...
Doe, age 3, was diagnosed as having a viral infection and experienced 4 to 5 days of fever and increased fussiness. Doe’s mother took the child to Lawndale Christian Health Center, a federally funded...
View ArticleJury Instruction in Medical Malpractice Case Upheld on Appeal
The trial judge in a medical malpractice jury trial correctly adopted the jury instructions in the case over an alleged botched hernia surgery. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed that ruling. The...
View ArticleIllinois Appellate Court Affirms $5 Million Verdict in Suicide Case
The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a Cook County jury verdict of $5 million for a suicide that occurred at Advocate Health and Hospital Corp. The decedent, Bozena Binkowski, sued Advocate Health in...
View Article$4 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Document Patient’s Risk of Aspiration
Gloria Nogan, 81, underwent a partial colonoscopy after presenting at the hospital emergency room for gastroenterological symptoms. The attending anesthesiologist, Dr. Bassen Ghaly, used a monitored...
View Article$2.7 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Keep Patient in ICU
Saalik Ziyad, 40, had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He was received at the emergency department at Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago where he was seen for sepsis and an abscess. An...
View Article$8.6 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Timely Diagnose and Treat Kidney Cancer
Craig Beaubien was referred to a hematologist, Dr. Charu Trivedi, to determine the cause of an abnormal blood test showing a high hematocrit level. When the hematocrit value is high, the proportion of...
View Article$66.26 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Diagnose and Treat Internal Bleeding
Idalia Corcoles, 39, underwent liposuction of her back, abdomen and flanks; the surgery was performed by plastic surgeon Dr. Ayoub Sayeg at the 63rd Medical & Surgical Center in Chicago, Ill. A few...
View Article$1.5 Million Settlement for Failure to Diagnose and Treat Cardiac Problems
Doe, 65, suffered from uncontrolled hypertension, high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease. He had been smoking since the age of 22. At an examination, he complained of severe heartburn that...
View Article$30 Million Jury Verdict for Injuries Suffered in Negligent Cesarean Section
Elizabeth Tigani, 32, was admitted to Greenwich Hospital to deliver her first child. She was 40 weeks pregnant at the time. Since the second stage of labor lasted a long time, she requested a cesarean...
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