Illinois Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 11 of 14

Illinois Supreme Court Affirms That Hospital Must Disclose Physician’s Applications For Staff Privileges To Plaintiffs In Negligent Credentialing Case

January 26, 2016

In its decision filed on January 22, 2016, the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”) affirmed the lower courts’ orders that required the defendant hospital to disclose the defendant physician’s three applications for staff privileges to the plaint[...]

$950K Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Due To Misdiagnosis Of Cardiac Condition

January 17, 2016

Ford County, Illinois is known as a very conservative jurisdiction for medical malpractice cases but on December 11, 2015, a Ford County medical malpractice jury took just four hours of deliberations to award $950,000 in compensatory damages to the family of a 73-year-old man who died as a result of[...]

$950K Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict In Conservative Jurisdiction

December 28, 2015

On December 11, 2015, a medical malpractice jury in conservative Ford County, Illinois returned its verdict in the amount of $950,000 in favor of the family of a man who died allegedly as a result of medical negligence committed by his primary care physician. The largest previous medical malpra[...]

$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[...]

Illinois’ Largest Medical Malpractice Insurer Hit With $14.35M Bad Faith Jury Verdict

November 20, 2015

On November 10, 2015, an Illinois jury determined that Illinois’ largest medical malpractice insurance company, ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company (“ISMIE”), is liable to the plaintiffs in the amount of $1.35 million in compensatory damages and $13 million in punitive damages for its a[...]

$12.2M Illinois Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Upheld

November 1, 2015

In its decision filed on October 21, 2015, the Appellate Court of Illinois First Judicial District Third Division (“Appellate Court”) upheld an Illinois medical malpractice jury verdict in the amount of $12,261,131 in favor of the widow of a man who died on October 25, 2009 from complic[...]

$3.7M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Urologist For Wrongful Death

October 13, 2015

In late September 2015, a Jefferson County, Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the widow of a man who died after suffering a pulmonary embolism while he was an inpatient in the hospital. The defendant urologist was alleged to have been medically negligent by failing [...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawyer Withdraws From Erb’s Palsy Case After He Becomes A Judge

September 20, 2015

An Illinois medical malpractice lawyer, who had previously retired from being a judge in Illinois, recently had to withdraw from an Erb’s palsy medical malpractice case that he had filed on behalf of his clients on February 20, 2015. The reason for his withdrawal? He became a judge once again.[...]

Illinois Nursing Home Sued For Resident’s Death

September 13, 2015

On June 18, 2015, a complaint alleging nursing home negligence resulting in a resident’s death on June 19, 2013 was filed against the nursing home and other defendants. The Illinois nursing home negligence/wrongful death lawsuit was filed under Illinois’ Nursing Home Care Act as well[...]

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Death Due To Wrong Blood Type Transfusion

August 4, 2015

A medical malpractice/wrongful death/survival action lawsuit was filed in the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois on July 23, 2015, alleging that the defendant hospital’s medical staff transfused a patient with the wrong type of blood that led to the woman’s death. The administrator[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Discusses Forum Non Conveniens In Medical Malpractice Case

July 23, 2015

In an Order filed on July 15, 2015 by the Appellate Court of Illinois Fifth District (“Appellate Court”), the Appellate Court discussed the equitable doctrine of forum non conveniens in the context of a medical malpractice case where the defendant, who lived in Illinois, tried but fail[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed After Botched Hernia Repair

July 21, 2015

An Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit was recently filed by the wife of a man who died after having emergency exploratory surgery following hernia repair surgery. The wife’s medical malpractice lawsuit claims that the defendants negligently failed to diagnose and treat her husband’s b[...]

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