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$1.1M Illinois Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Verdict For Negligent Cardiac Catheterization

June 24, 2021

On June 4, 2021, after a one-week trial and three hours of jury deliberations, an Illinois medical malpractice jury consisting of eight men and four women returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $1.1 million, finding that medical negligence during a cardiac cathererization pr[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $14M Medical Malpractice Verdict

June 16, 2021

The Appellate Court of Illinois Fourth District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) upheld a $14 million medical malpractice jury verdict in its opinion filed on May 28, 2021. The Underlying Facts On September 21, 2012, plaintiff, Mark Allen, felt a “pop” in his neck and began to experience[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Rules Order For Genetic Testing Of Parents Was Premature In Birth Injury Lawsuit

May 28, 2021

The Appellate Court of Illinois Fourth District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed on May 4, 2021 “without any findings or analysis for this court to review concerning the parental testing, we find it would be premature to consider the correctness of the decisio[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Reverses Judgment N.O.V. For Medical Malpractice Plaintiff

February 11, 2021

In its opinion filed on January 22, 2021, the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”) reversed the intermediate appellate court’s decision that the Illinois medical malpractice plaintiff was entitled to judgment n.o.v. in her medical malpractice wrongful d[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Hospital In Medical Malpractice Case Alleging Apparent Authority

January 12, 2021

The Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (“Illinois Appellate Court”), in its opinion filed on June 11, 2020, affirmed summary judgment granted to the defendant hospital in an Illinois medical malpractice case, holding “although Kishwaukee’s advertisements initially could [...]

Illinois Supreme Court Discusses Treating Expert Versus Consulting Expert In Medical Malpractice Case

January 1, 2021

The Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”) discussed the differences between a treating expert and a consulting expert with regard to discovery disclosures in Illinois medical malpractice cases in its opinion filed on November 19, 2020, stating, in part: “[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict Due To Improper Closing Argument

December 29, 2020

The Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held in its opinion filed December 7, 2020 in an Illinois medical malpractice case: “the evidence in this case was closely balanced, making it highly probable that the repeated improper comments during clo[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict In Misdiagnosed Infection Case

October 21, 2020

The Illinois Appellate Court First District Fourth Division, in its opinion filed on September 10, 2020, upheld a defense verdict in an Illinois medical malpractice case where the plaintiff alleged that the defendant physician negligently failed to diagnose him with sepsis, failed to refer him to th[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Overturns $50.3M Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

September 29, 2020

In its opinion filed on August 21, 2020, an Illinois Appellate Court overturned a $50.3 million birth injury medical malpractice verdict, stating: “The jury heard extensive expert testimony on both sides that led to conflicting opinions as to the cause of Julien’s brain injury. Defendants’[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict To Allow Res Ipsa Loquitur Argument

August 1, 2020

The Appellate Court of Illinois First District First Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated June 15, 2020, “We find that Willis [the plaintiff] presented sufficient evidence to permit a jury to decide whether she proved that defendants controlled the instru[...]

Illinois Supreme Court Holds EMS Act Does Not Provide Immunity To Ambulance Driver On Way To Pick Up Nonemergency Patient

July 29, 2020

The Supreme Court of the State of Illinois (“Illinois Supreme Court”) held in its opinion filed on June 18, 2020 that section 3.150 of the Emergency Medical Services Systems Act (EMS Act) (210 ILCS 50/3.150 (West 2016)) does not provide immunity from liability to an ambulance owner and i[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Allows Wrongful Death Claim For Aborted Fetus

May 17, 2020

In its opinion filed on March 31, 2020, the Appellate Court of Illinois First District First Division (“”Illinois Appellate Court”) stated, “we answer no to the certified question that asked whether section 2.2 of the Wrongful Death Act bars a cause of action or recovery unde[...]

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