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$12M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict In Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer Case

August 19, 2018

On July 19, 2018, a Cook County, Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the plaintiffs in the amount of $12 million in a medical malpractice case against a radiologist and two family practice physicians for their alleged medical negligence in failing to diagnose a patient[...]

Chicago Nursing Home Verdict

March 25, 2013

On March 20, 2013, a Cook County jury returned its verdict in the amount of $842,801 in favor of an 87-year-old resident of the Kenwood Healthcare Center in Chicago who had fallen at the nursing home on December 26, 2008 and suffered a broken hip, fractured pelvis, and fractured shoulder, all on h[...]

Medical Malpractice Claim For Death Following Hernia Surgery

February 14, 2013

On December 15, 2005, a 61-year-old man went to the hospital to have hernia repair surgery. After his surgery, he experienced increasing abdominal pain, he started to vomit, and he had other serious symptoms. It was later determined that the man had an inflamed colon, possibly due to the antibioti[...]

Chicago Nursing Home Malpractice Claim Alleges 57 Maggots Found in Resident’s Ear

December 9, 2012

On November 28, 2012, the family of a 92-year-old Chicago-area nursing home resident filed a medical malpractice nursing home claim against the woman’s nursing home after 57 maggots were found living in her left ear. The maggots were discovered on September 16, 2012, when a nurse at the nursi[...]

$7 Million Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict For Asthma Death In ER

August 12, 2012

On Tuesday, July 31, 2012, a Cook County, Illinois medical malpractice jury awarded the medical malpractice plaintiff $7 million after a three-week trial, for a man who died in a local hospital emergency room after he had suffered an asthma attack at home. The Chicago truck driver was alone at hom[...]

Chicago Medical Malpractice Results In Elderly Man Freezing To Death

February 14, 2012

The 77-year-old male resident of a Chicago nursing home had a habit of wandering off from the premises. With a history of two previous recent incidents when he had wandered away, he was a known risk for leaving the nursing home without being seen. The man’s dementia made it difficult for him[...]

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