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Illinois Appellate Court Applies General-Verdict Rule In Affirming Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict

March 4, 2025

Plaintiff Debbie Mroz sued Pain Specialists of Greater Chicago, S.C. and Dr. Scott McDaniel for professional negligence. Mroz alleged that, during a procedure to treat her back pain, Dr. McDaniel used an ineffective antiseptic, leading her to develop a serious infection that required her to be hospi[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $6M Medical Malpractice Verdict Involving Patient’s Opioid Abuse Death

March 3, 2025

Background Facts Ebeilda Ramirez suffered a work-related injury in 2006 when she was 32 years old. She experienced pain in her neck and lower back and over the next several years was treated with surgical procedures, epidural injections, nerve blockinjections, and narcotic pain medication. Ramirez a[...]

$66M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Plastic Surgeon For Patient’s Death Following Liposuction

February 13, 2025

On December 20, 2024, an Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict against a plastic surgeon in the amount of $56 million, which was increased to $66.262 million once interest was added in. The Illinois medical malpractice trial lasted one week after which the jury deliberated for three[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Holds Wrongful Death Beneficiary May Recover Loss Of Material Services Damages After Remarriage

November 16, 2024

The Supreme Court of the State of Illinois held in its September 19, 2024 Opinion: “in a claim under the [Wrongful Death] Act, a plaintiff’s remarriage does not affect the damages recoverable for the loss of a decedent’s material services. We therefore affirm judgment of the appellate cour[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Extends COVID-19 Immunity To Nursing Home Ordinary Negligence Claims

October 21, 2024

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act (“Act”) (20 ILCS 3305/7 (West 2020)) Section 21(c) states: “Any private person, firm or corporation, and any employee or agent of such person, firm or corporation, who renders assistance or advice at the request of the State, or any poli[...]

$41 Million Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Lawyer Who Suffered Avoidable Stroke

July 17, 2024

In early May 2024, after a one-month trial, a Cook County, Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a now 72-year-old lawyer who suffered a serious stroke because his medical providers failed to properly manage his anticogulation medication. On February 28, 2016, the lawyer[...]

$23M Illinois Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

July 11, 2024

On May 1, 2024, an Illinois birth injury medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $23,070,000 in favor of now seven-year-old Na’ Jai Johnson, who sustained brain damage and cerebral palsy as a result of the claimed medical negligence of two obstetricians and a nurse at Chicag[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Rules Wrongful Death Beneficiaries’ Claim Not Subject To Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement For COVID-19- Related Death

June 20, 2024

Background In July 2022, plaintiff Luann Mikoff, as special administrator of the estate of her late mother Bonnie Stone (decedent), filed a complaint against defendants, Unlimited Development, Inc., and Jerseyville Manor, a skilled nursing facility (Facility), alleging that defendants were responsib[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Claim Involving Gauze Left In After Nasal Surgery

June 11, 2024

In May 2022, Deanna and Mike Larson (the Larsons) filed an Illinois medical malpractice complaint against defendants Dana Crosby, M.D., SIU Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. (SIU), and “J. Doe” (an unidentified doctor or nurse employed by SIU), alleging that Crosby, an employee of SIU, negligently[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Rules Statute Of Repose Precludes Medical Malpractice Claim

June 5, 2024

Plaintiff Kirk Hild, as administrator of Dean Hild’s estate, appealed the dismissal of Dean Hild’s complaint against defendants Lakeshore Infectious Disease Associates, LTD. and James Sullivan, M.D. Plaintiff alleged that defendants were negligent in treating his Cushing syndrome. The issue on a[...]

$45.3M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict Upheld

May 21, 2024

Steven Butts went to an emergency room with a broken jaw. The emergency room doctor allegedly failed to properly intubate Butts, depriving him of oxygen and causing permanent brain damage. After a 10-day trial, an Illinois medical malpractice jury returned a verdict for Butts, awarding $45.3 million[...]

$40M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Medical Care Leading To Stroke

May 17, 2024

On February 29, 2024, an Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a stroke victim in the amount of $39.9 million for the negligence of a doctor in failing to control his blood pressure with medication that led to a devastating stroke weeks later. The former landscaper and l[...]

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