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Illinois Appellate Court Addresses Cohabitation Effect On Loss Of Consortium Claim In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

May 30, 2026

In its Opinion filed on March 31, 2026, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District Sixth Division stated: “We turn to the claim that defendants are entitled to a new trial due to the trial court’s rulings, both before and during trial, barring reference to plaintiff’s romantic relation[...]

$23.5M Illinois Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

April 20, 2026

On February 23, 2026, an Illinois birth injury medical malpractice jury awarded in excess of $23.5 million to Dylan Gong for the birth asphyxia and hypoxic-ischemic brain injury he suffered during labor and delivery on June 3, 2017 that his lawyer argued were due to the defendant’s failure to [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Rules Nonsettling Medical Malpractice Defendant Entitled To Setoff

March 19, 2026

On September 8, 2015, Michael B. Thompson went to a Centegra urgent care facility with complaints of pain in his back and lower abdomen, where he was given a differential diagnosis that included appendicitis. Michael underwent examination and imaging, including an abdominal CT scan. Dr. Shah reviewe[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Despite Juror’s “Surrender” Note

March 15, 2026

Plaintiff’s Illinois medical malpractice complaint alleged that he was a type 1 diabetic and had previously received medical care and treatment from defendants related to his diabetes. On January 12, 2017, plaintiff went to defendant Quincy Physicians & Surgeons Clinic, S.C., doing business as[...]

$43.3M Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Emergency Room Care

July 26, 2025

On April 10, 2025, a Chicago medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $43,330,947.34 in favor of the Estate of Anna Wyrwal. Anna is a 32-year-old woman who is in a permanent state of unresponsiveness following negligent hospital emergency room care that occurred in May 2020. An[...]

$2,865,495 Medical Malpractice Judgment Against Podiatrist Upheld By Illinois Appellate Court

July 22, 2025

The Appellate Court of Illinois First District First Division upheld an Illinois medical malpractice judgment against a podiatrist in the amount of $2,865,495, in its Order dated May 19, 2025. Background One December 13, 2016, plaintiff, who had been previously diagnosed with osteoporosis and Type 1[...]

$5.6M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Stent Procedure Resulting In Heart Failure

July 9, 2025

On April 25, 2025, a Cook County Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $5.59 million in favor of a man who underwent a cardiac stent procedure that implanted an undersized stent that caused him to suffer permanent heart damage. On June 22, 2020, the 59-year-old man [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $20M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict Despite Improper Failure To Provide Hospital’s Requested Jury Instruction

July 8, 2025

Following a three-week trial, an Illinois medical malpractice jury found Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation(Advocate) liable for the neurodevelopmental disabilities of a child delivered at the hospital in 2014. The plaintiffsargued that the child suffered brain damage (hypoxic ischemic enceph[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed For 28-Year-Old’s Death From Misdiagnosed Aortic Dissection

May 7, 2025

A 28-year-old man went to the emergency room of an Illinois hospital on April 27, 2023 with complaints of chest pain, blurred vision, dizziness, lightheadedness, and difficulty breathing. He told the medical staff that his symptoms began two days prior, that he started vomiting the day before his ER[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Surgical Sponge Left In Man’s Neck For Four Months

April 10, 2025

According to an Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit filed in January 2025 against Northwestern McHenry Hospital, a surgeon, and others, the 71-year-old plaintiff had surgery to remove a mass in his neck and to dissect a lymph node on the left side of his neck, on January 31, 2023. In the weeks that[...]

New Illinois Law Protects Nursing Home Resident Whistleblowers

March 23, 2025

Illinois’ Governor signed into law on March 21, 2025 amendments to Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act, bychanging Sections 3-209 and 3-602 and by adding Sections 2-120 and 3-125. New 210 ILCS 45/2-120 states: Sec. 2-120. Prohibition on retaliatory action against residents.(a) In this Section[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Rules Plaintiff Did Not Have Standing In Medical Information Data Breach Lawsuit

March 16, 2025

The plaintiff, Rebecca Petta, filed a class-action complaint in the circuit court of Champaign County against the defendant, Christie Business Holdings Company, P.C., doing business as Christie Clinic (“Christie”). The complaint alleged that Christie negligently failed to prevent its pat[...]

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