Illinois Medical Malpractice Archives - Page 5 of 14

Illinois Appellate Court Holds Settlement With Medical Malpractice Physician Extinguished Vicarious Liability Claim Against His Employer

February 3, 2022

The Appellate Court of Illinois Fifth District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held in its Order dated January 7, 2022: “After reviewing the allegations in count I, as pled, it is reasonable to conclude that the plaintiff’s claim against Physician Services was based solely on a theo[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Discusses Law-Of-The-Case Doctrine In Reviving Medical Malpractice Case

December 31, 2021

In its opinion filed on November 15, 2021 in an Illinois medical malpractice case on appeal for the second time, the Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held: “On remand, defendants successfully moved for reconsideration of the trial court’s g[...]

Federal Appellate Court Vacates $8M Deliberate Indifference Medical Malpractice Award To Inmate

December 27, 2021

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) vacated a jury award to a federal inmate in his deliberate indifference medical malpractice case in the amount of $1 million in compensatory damages and $7 million in punitive damages (the jury had awarded $10 [...]

Illinois Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Jury Awards Nearly $15M For Mother’s Catastrophic Injuries Shortly After Giving Birth

December 26, 2021

On April 22, 2014, “L.B.” gave birth to twins at Presence United Samaritans Medical Center by Cesarean section delivery. After performing the deliveries, the on-call obstetrician (“OB”) attempted to remove the placenta. However, the OB reportedly failed to diagnose placenta a[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Revives Hip Replacement Surgery Res Ipsa Loquitur Medical Malpractice Case

December 1, 2021

In its Opinion filed on October 28, 2021, the Appellate Court of Illinois Fourth District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) stated in a surgical hip replacement medical malpractice case: “a plaintiff need demonstrate only a prima facie case of the elements of res ipsa loquitur to be ent[...]

$9.1M Illinois Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict Arising From Defect In Hospital’s Electronic Records System

November 27, 2021

An Illinois medical malpractice wrongful death jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $9.1 million on October 26, 2021, finding that the former owner of Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, Illinois (called Advocate BroMenn Medical Center at the time of the incident)[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment As Discovery Violation Sanction In Medical Malpractice Case

November 23, 2021

In its Order filed on October 14, 2021, the Appellate Court of Illinois Fourth District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held that in denying the plaintiff’s motion seeking to extend his time to disclose Illinois Supreme Court Rule 213(f) expert witness information, the circuit court incor[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $1.25M Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Spine Surgeon

November 17, 2021

In July 2014, Chaya R. Brunk and Raymond Brunk filed an Illinois medical malpractice action against defendants Stephen J. Pineda, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon, and Springfield Clinic, LLP. In June 2015, the plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint against the defendants, alleging Dr. Pineda deviat[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Holds Trial Court Was Required To Hold Hearing On Validity Of Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement

October 30, 2021

In its Order filed on September 30, 2021, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District Fourth Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held that where a nursing home resident sued the nurse, nursing home and management company for injuries sustained from a fall, and defendants moved to di[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Requires Arbitration Of Nursing Home Resident’s Death Claim

October 7, 2021

In its Order filed on September 14, 2021, the Appellate Court of Illinois Fourth District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held in a nursing home negligence case involving the death of a resident in which the nursing home was seeking an order that the claim be arbitrated: “the circumst[...]

Federal Appellate Court Applies Discovery Rule In Reinstating Pelvic Mesh Lawsuit Against J & J

September 17, 2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated August 24, 2021: “The statute of limitations began to run only when Ms. Stark should have realized that her mesh-related complications might have been wrongfully caused [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Says No Apparent Agency To Hold Hospital Responsible For Surgeon’s Alleged Negligence

September 8, 2021

In its opinion dated August 10, 2021, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District Second Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held: “To defeat a claim of vicarious liability, all that was required of Silver Cross [Hospital and Medical Center] was evidence that Tracy [Delegatto][...]

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