Illinois Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 3 of 14

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Cardiologist

May 1, 2024

The plaintiff, Cheryl Wilson, special administrator of the estate of Leslie Wilson, deceased, brought a wrongful death action against the defendants, Amit Dande, M.D., and Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, LLP, alleging that the defendants’ negligent evaluation and treatment of the decedent was [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Allows Claim Against Hospital For Contracted Physician’s Negligence

March 21, 2024

The Appellate Court of Illinois First District Sixth Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) stated in its January 5, 2024 Opinion: “In the competition for healthcare market share, hospitals today promote themselves to the public as centers for comprehensive medical care with teams o[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Holds Medical Malpractice Law Firm Not Liable To Client For Public Disclosure Of Client’s Mental Health Information After Trial

February 3, 2024

Background Facts The defendant law firm represented Doe in a medical malpractice action against a hospital and other medical staff. During that litigation, the evidence established that, after Doe was admitted to the emergency room of the hospital, he attempted suicide by stabbing himself multiple t[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Holds EMT’s Negligence Claims Against Hospital Were Medical In Nature

January 12, 2024

The Appellate Court of Illinois First District Fourth Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held in its Order filed on November 2, 2023 that the defendant hospital did not have a duty to warn a non-agent independent contractor EMT of a patient’s violent criminal record, and that the EM[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Allows Medical Malpractice Discovery Respondent To Be Converted To Defendant

November 27, 2023

Section 2-402 of the Code is a statutory procedure whereby a plaintiff in a civil action is permitted to name as respondents in discovery “those individuals or other entities, other than the named defendants, believed by the plaintiff to have information essential to the determination of who shoul[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Rules Expert Testimony May Not Be Required To Establish Pain And Suffering In Medical Malpractice Claims

November 9, 2023

Dr. LaSpisa, an oral surgeon, extracted several of Nicole Thompson’s teeth. She subsequently developed an infection that was not diagnosed or treated for two days. She developed painful cellulitis and was hospitalized for IV antibiotic treatment. She was discharged from the hospital after five[...]

Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Alleges Physician, Walgreens Responsible For Patient’s Death Due To Toxic Amount Of Prednisone

November 5, 2023

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a physician who prescribed a patient a toxic amount of Prednisone and against Walgreens, which filled and then refilled the erroneous Prednisone prescription, for the patient’s death allegedly due to the overdose of Prednisone. The patient report[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Ankle Surgeon Severed Patient’s Nerves During Surgery

August 29, 2023

Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Ankle Surgeon Severed Patient’s Nerves: The plaintiff in an Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit filed against an ankle surgeon and his medical practice in the St. Clair County Circuit Court alleges that the nerves in her ankle were negligently severed during ankle [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Rules Mental Health Records Not Discoverable In Lung Cancer Malpractice Case

August 17, 2023

Court Rules Mental Health Records Not Discoverable: The Appellate Court of Illinois First District Third Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) stated in its May 10, 2023 opinion: “Dr. Rao practices at a clinic that specialized in lung issues. Plaintiff was there presumably seeking [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Denies Hospital Vicarious Liability For Medical Malpractice Claim

July 30, 2023

Court Denies Hospital Vicarious Liability Claim: On November 5, 2013, Josef Stelzer saw his regular physician, Dr. Carl Lang, for his annual exam. Dr. Lang practiced through NCH Medical Group, an entity that is separate from but related to NCH. When Stelzer’s electrocardiogram results came back ab[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Refuses To Enforce Optional Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

July 29, 2023

Court Refuses To Enforce Optional Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement: Under Illinois law, if a nursing home arbitration provision is required for admission to a care facility then it becomes part and parcel of the health-care decision to admit the patient to the facility. In a prior appellate case, [...]

Illinois Hospital Not Liable For Father’s Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress Claim

July 14, 2023

Hospital Not Liable For Father’s Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress: Background Facts Clarisa Figueroa lured a young expectant mother to her home on the pretense of selling her baby clothes and, instead, murdered the mother, cut her unborn son from her womb, and claimed the baby as h[...]

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