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Surgical Injury Lawsuits

$5,157,000 Wrongful Death-Verdict (Illinois): Procedures like colonoscopies and endoscopies are routine and usually very safe. Sometimes, however, mistakes occur. In colonoscopies, for example, if the instrument is not inserted the right way, the doctor can perforate (punch a hole) in the colon or other body parts. When that happens, fecal matter-which is full of bacteria-can leak into the gut and cause severe infections. Consequently, doctors must be careful to fix any leaks they make or find. In this case, the patient's bowel was leaking, the hole was not fixed, and the patient, a middle aged woman, was poisoned, and died after much suffering.

$1,250,000 Wrongful Death-Pretrial Settlement (Illinois): This was another case of a perforated bowel during a routine colonoscopy. Once again, the hole was not fixed, and the patient, a 75 year old woman, died after much suffering.

$788,000 Permanent Injury-Verdict (Illinois): Punching holes in the wrong parts with surgical instruments is not limited to colonoscopies or endoscopies. In this case, the patient's coronary artery was punctured during a routine angiogram. Because of the damage, the patient need heart bypass surgery.

$409,089 Permanent Injury-Verdict (Illinois): Once again, perforations with surgical instruments can be quite varied. In this case, the surgeon perforated the patient's bladder during a laparoscopic pelvic exam, leaving the patient with serious and painful injuries.

If you have suffered a serious surgical injury caused by medical malpractice, or a loved one has been seriously injured or died, we invite you to contact our firm and talk to one of our physician attorneys about whether a lawsuit would protect your best interests.

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Cirignani Heller & Harman LLP
Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyers
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Chicago, Illinois 60606

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Chicago medical malpractice attorneys at Cirignani Heller & Harman LLP offer representation to victims injured by physicians, hospitals, and other medical care providers throughout Chicagoland, including the cities of Cicero, Oak Park, Maywood, Berwyn, Elmhurst, Addison, Skokie, Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Arlington Heights, Palatine, and Northbrook, and the Chicago collar counties of Cook County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, and Will County, IL. CH&H also offers its services nationally. In addition to its primary Midwest location, Chicago, CH&H has a particular focus in Atlanta in the south and Yuma in the west.