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$101M Chicago Birth Injury Brain Damage Medical Malpractice Verdict

November 29, 2019

On November 5, 2019, a Chicago birth injury medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in the amount of $101 million in favor of a now five-year-old child who suffered catastrophic brain damage as a result of medical negligence during his delivery. The birth injury jury trial lasted one month aft[...]

$2.3M Chicago Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Settlement Approved After Faulty Autopsy Finding Reversed

October 26, 2019

The $2.3 million settlement of a Chicago medical malpractice wrongful death lawsuit was approved by the court on September 17, 2019. The case involved a 49-year-old woman who had routine gallbladder surgery at the defendant hospital, where she worked. The woman died during the surgery and an assista[...]

University Of Chicago Pays $2.6M To Resolve $3M Medical Malpractice Judgment For Death Following Cardiac Catheterization

August 13, 2019

The University of Chicago has agreed to pay $2.6 million to resolve a $3 million medical malpractice judgment entered in May 2019 against it and a cardiologist in a Chicago medical malpractice wrongful death case. The settlement includes the agreement that the University of Chicago will drop its app[...]

$3M Paxil Labeling Verdict For Suicide Death

May 9, 2017

On April 20, 2017, a Chicago jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3 million in favor of a widow whose 57-year-old husband was a corporate attorney who committed suicide while taking a generic version of Paxil, by stepping into the path of a train on July 15, 2010. The defendant was GlaxoSmith[...]

$8.25M Chicago Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Following Knee Replacement Surgery

November 16, 2015

On November 4, 2015, a Chicago medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the family of a man who died due to alleged medical negligence following total knee replacement surgery. The verdict was in the total amount of $8.25 million, which included $5 million awarded to the man’[...]

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Death Due To Wrong Blood Type Transfusion

August 4, 2015

A medical malpractice/wrongful death/survival action lawsuit was filed in the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois on July 23, 2015, alleging that the defendant hospital’s medical staff transfused a patient with the wrong type of blood that led to the woman’s death. The administrator[...]

Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Failure To Inform Patient Of Cancer Diagnosis

September 19, 2014

According to a Chicago medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a urologist and a medical center, the daughter of a 58-year-old man who died from bladder cancer alleges that her father was not timely told about the results of a pathology report that found cancer after her father had a biopsy of a[...]

Chicago Plastic Surgeon Sued For Posting Patient Photos

August 3, 2014

On July 29, 2014, a former patient of a Chicago plastic surgeon filed a lawsuit against the plastic surgeon and his medical practice, alleging that he took before and after photographs of her face with regard to her facial reconstructive surgery in 2004, which were supposed to remain confidential an[...]

$14M Yasmin Jury Verdict

April 27, 2014

On April 18, 2014, after a two-week trial, a Cook County, Illinois Circuit Court medical malpractice jury awarded $14 million to a woman who suffered a serious stroke thirteen days after she began taking the birth control medication Yasmin. The 37-year-old woman lost the use of the left side of h[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Nursing Home Suffocation Death

December 20, 2011

A nursing home stay after surgery or major medical treatment is sometimes necessary for the patient to receive inpatient rehabilitation services such as physical therapy and/or occupational therapy before the patient is well enough to return home (many nursing homes also provide long-term care fo[...]

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