Attorney Representation in Chicago, Illinois Since 1993
Chicago Medical Malpractice Attorney
Cook County, Illinois
• $8,200,000 – Verdict. Death of a 39-year old male due to a major university hospital’s failure to properly interpret x-ray.
• $7,250,000 – mid-trial settlement. Wrongful death of a 34-year old woman due to misinterpreted pap smear.
• $4,000,000 – Settlement. Failure of radiologist to detect a brain aneurysm resulted in stroke in a 49-year old woman.
• $4,000,000 - Settlement. Failure to perform caesarean section due to fetal distress resulting in cerebral palsy in newborn.
• $1,750,000 - Settlement. Misread of tests leading to aneurysm, rupture and death.
• $1,250,000 – Settlement. Death of 75-year old male due to failure to obtain proper size coronary stent for 4 weeks.
• $1,250,000 – Settlement. Perforated bowel during routine colonoscopy in 75-year old female.
• $1,000,000 – Settlement on eve of trial. Death due to pulmonary embolism.
• $788,000 – Trial verdict. Damaged coronary artery during angiogram resulting in unnecessary coronary bypass procedure.
• $700,000 – Settlement. Inappropriate penile lengthening surgery.
• $600,000 – Settlement. 75-year old Jehovah’s Witness death due to bleeding after angioplasty.
• $409,089 – Verdict. Perforated bladder during diagnostic pelvic laparoscopy.
Kane County, Illinois
• $825,000 – Settlement. Failure to timely treat meningoencephalitis in a one-year-old.
Will County, Illinois
• $5,157,000 - Verdict. Failure to operate on perforated bowel.
Bibb County, Georgia
• $1,350,000 – Settlement. Injury to infant from rare immune platelet disorder.
• $700,000 – Prescription drug-related kidney damage in 70-year old female.
Fulton County, Georgia
• $2,500,000 – Settlement. For failure to recognize and control jaundice in baby after delivery; baby born with severe brain injury.
• $325,000 – Settlement. In Erb’s Palsy case, failure to diagnose macrosomic fetus and recommend caesarean section.
Fayette County, Georgia
• $750,000 – Settlement. Failure to diagnose compartment syndrome in a seven-year-old after surgery for a broken arm.
Yuma County, Arizona
• $2,000,000 – Settlement. Failure to monitor fetus's condition and to perform timely caesarean section at signs of distress; baby born with cerebral palsy.
Bay County, Florida
• $2,500,000 – Settlement. Brain damage ensured in a 43-year old patient after physicians failed to monitor patient’s breathing in recovery room following gallbladder test.
Recent Filings
Cook County, Illinois
• Death of 38-year old female due to failure to diagnose and treat acute leukemia.
• Death of 70-year old female due to failure to recognize pulmonary embolus. Death one week later from additional embolism.
• Death of 65-year old male from clotting of coronary artery stent due to failure to reinstate anti-platelet therapy following back wound exploration.
• Death of 23-year old male in Emergency Room due to failure to diagnose and treat upper gastrointestinal bleeding and diabetic hyperosmolar state.
• Death of 70-year old female from retroperitoneal bleeding during coronary angioplasty.
• Death of 65-year old male due to lung cancer seen on MRI done after an auto accident but not followed up for two years.
Vermilion County, Illinois
• Death of 1-week old infant from streptococcal sepsis. Failure to recognize elevated white blood count prior to hospital discharge after birth.
Fulton County, Georgia
• Severe brain damage and later death of 8-year old female with meningo-encephalitis from infected sphenoid sinus.
Our law offices are located at:
150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2600
Chicago, Illinois 60606