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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Jury’s Award For Loss Of Material Services Beyond The Date Of Remarriage In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

July 3, 2023

Jury’s Award Affirmed In Remarriage Malpractice Wrongful Death Case: The issue decided by the Appellate Court of Illinois Third District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) in it opinion dated May 10, 2023 was whether it was proper for a medical malpractice jury to consider damages for th[...]

$40 Million Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

March 29, 2023

$40 Million Birth Injury Verdict: On March 23, 2023, an Illinois medical malpractice birth injury jury awarded compensatory damages in the amount of $40 million to a now 19-year-old woman who suffered permanent brain damage during her delivery that the jury determined was due to the unnecessary dela[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Rules Supervising Physician In Hospital May Have Established Physician-Patient Relationship With ED Patient

March 3, 2023

Physician Established Physician-Patient Relationship: In its December 30, 2022 Opinion, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District Sixth Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) stated: “Plaintiff argues that a genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether Dr. Collins owed a[...]

Doctors Partially Sterilized Patient Without Her Consent Before They Realized Their Mistake

November 2, 2022

Patient Partially Sterilized Without Consent: A woman who gave birth by emergency Cesarean section delivery in May 2021 at Mount Sinai Hospital in North Lawndale, Illinois had one of her fallopian tubes tied immediately after the C-section before the doctor realized that the woman had not consented [...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

Illinois Appellate Court Revives Dismissed Medical Malpractice Case Due To Misconduct And Serious Illness Of Plaintiff’s Lawyers

October 20, 2022

Court Revives Case Due To Misconduct; Serious Illness Of Lawyer: The Appellate Court of Illinois First Judicial District Second Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) stated in its Order dated February 1, 2022 in an Illinois medical malpractice case where the plaintiff’s first lawye[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Finds Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Satisfied Res Ipsa Loquitur Requirements In Hip Replacement Malpractice Claim

September 17, 2022

The Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”), in its opinion dated June 24, 2022, held that the plaintiff in an Illinois medical malpractice case had met the requirements of res ipsa loquitur and therefore it was error for the trial court to dismiss his medical m[...]

$42.4 Million Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death From Baclofen Withdrawal

August 25, 2022

$42.4 Million Verdict For Death From Baclofen Withdrawal: On August 19, 2022, an Illinois medical malpractice wrongful death jury awarded $42,400,000 for the death of a 47-year-old quadriplegic father of two girls, who were 6 and 11 at the time of his death, who was being monitored in the hospital f[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Allows Claim For Non-Use Of AED

August 13, 2022

The Illinois Supreme Court stated in its opinion dated May 19, 2022: “The main question presented in this case is whether a physical fitness facility has a duty under either the Physical Fitness Facility Medical Emergency Preparedness Act (Facility Preparedness Act) (210 ILCS 74/1 et seq. (201[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Law Firm In Legal Malpractice Case Involving Underlying Medical Malpractice Case

July 22, 2022

On May 6, 2022, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District Sixth Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) affirmed summary judgment for a law firm that the plaintiff alleged committed legal malpractice in representing her in a medical malpractice case, holding, “plaintiff did not [...]

Federal Appellate Court Finds Chicago Not Responsible For Alleged Sexual Abuse By Paramedic

May 31, 2022

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) stated in its opinion dated February 2, 2022: “Kylie DiDonato was seriously injured when she fell and hit her head in Tim Panatera’s bathroom. DiDonato later invoked § 1983 and alleged that Pa[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Finds No Apparent Authority In Finding For Hospital In Catheter Medical Malpractice Case

May 28, 2022

Background Facts On March 19, 2012, plaintiff presented to an immediate-care facility complaining of abdominal pain. Following orders given to him at the immediate-care center, plaintiff went to defendant’s outpatient department for diagnostic imaging. Plaintiff was diagnosed with acute appendicit[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Discusses Issue Of Juror Bias In Upholding Defense Verdict In Medical Malpractice Case

February 12, 2022

The Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”) discussed the issue of juror bias in its decision filed on November 18, 2021 that upheld a defense verdict in an Illinois medical malpractice case. The Underlying Facts Plaintiff Thomas Ittersagen (Ittersagen) brought [...]

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