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Illinois Appellate Court Allows Claim Against Hospital For Contracted Physician’s Negligence

March 21, 2024

The Appellate Court of Illinois First District Sixth Division (“Illinois Appellate Court”) stated in its January 5, 2024 Opinion: “In the competition for healthcare market share, hospitals today promote themselves to the public as centers for comprehensive medical care with teams o[...]

Illinois Hospital Not Liable For Father’s Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress Claim

July 14, 2023

Hospital Not Liable For Father’s Intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress: Background Facts Clarisa Figueroa lured a young expectant mother to her home on the pretense of selling her baby clothes and, instead, murdered the mother, cut her unborn son from her womb, and claimed the baby as h[...]

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 [...]

Federal Appeals Court Remands District Court’s Medical Malpractice Verdict For Proper Consideration of Plaintiff’s Comparative Negligence

December 1, 2019

In its opinion dated November 7, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Federal Appellate Court”) remanded a federal judge’s nearly $30 million medical malpractice verdict under the Federal Tort Claims Act in favor of the plaintiff, finding that the fede[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Wrong Site Back Surgery Case

November 8, 2019

The Appellate Court of Illinois Second District (“Illinois Appellate Court”), in its Order dated October 22, 2019, affirmed the medical malpractice defense verdict in an Illinois medical malpractice case where the defendant surgeon planned to operate on the 54-year-old plaintiff’s [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Holds $500K Jury Award For Loss Of Society In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case Was Inadequate

September 17, 2019

The Appellate Court of Illinois Third District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) held in its opinion dated August 27, 2019 that an Illinois medical malpractice wrongful death jury’s award of $500,000 in compensation for the surviving wife and four children’s loss of society claim [...]

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict In Pacemaker Replacement Surgery Claim

January 27, 2017

The Appellate Court of Illinois, First Judicial District (“Appellate Court”) affirmed a defense verdict in an Illinois medical malpractice case in its opinion filed on December 2, 2016. The parents of a minor child who died following her pacemaker replacement surgery at the defendant hos[...]

Illinois Appellate Court Denies Defense Ex Parte Communication With Treating Physician – Sort Of

January 4, 2017

In its opinion filed on December 22, 2016, an Illinois Appellate Court held that defense counsel was prohibited from having any ex parte communication with the plaintiff’s subsequent treating physician, who is the managing partner and therefore part of the control group of the podiatry group t[...]

Illinois Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Psychiatrist In Suicide Case

December 30, 2016

On December 8, 2016, an Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of the defendant psychiatrist and his psychiatry practice in a psychiatrist malpractice case in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendants were negligent in the psychiatric care provided to her suicidal husb[...]

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