$15M Chicago Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Settlement
August 8, 2017
A Chicago hospital reportedly has agreed to settle birth injury medical malpractice claims against it, without admitting liability, for $15 million. The Chicago birth injury settlement was reached on July 17, 2017 and was approved by a judge before the Chicago medical malpractice lawsuit was dismiss[...]
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$3M Paxil Labeling Verdict For Suicide Death
May 9, 2017
On April 20, 2017, a Chicago jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million in favor of a widow whose 57-year-old husband was a corporate attorney who committed suicide while taking a generic version of Paxil, by stepping into the path of a train on July 15, 2010. The defendant was GlaxoSmith[...]
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$53M Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict For Birth Injury
July 12, 2016
On June 29, 2016, a 12-person Chicago medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $53 million for the severe and permanent brain injury resulting in cerebral palsy suffered by a newborn who was delivered at the University of Chicago Medical Center in 200[...]
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$22.18M Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict
December 25, 2015
On December 4, 2015, a Chicago medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $22.18 million for her respiratory distress that led to respiratory arrest and a hypoxic brain injury. The medical malpractice defendant was the Chicago hospital where the alleged[...]
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$14M Yasmin Jury Verdict
April 27, 2014
On April 18, 2014, after a two-week trial, a Cook County, Illinois Circuit Court medical malpractice jury awarded $14 million to a woman who suffered a serious stroke thirteen days after she began taking the birth control medication Yasmin. The 37-year-old woman lost the use of the left side of h[...]
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