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