Illinois medical malpractice verdict Archives

$23.5M Illinois Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Verdict

April 20, 2026

On February 23, 2026, an Illinois birth injury medical malpractice jury awarded in excess of $23.5 million to Dylan Gong for the birth asphyxia and hypoxic-ischemic brain injury he suffered during labor and delivery on June 3, 2017 that his lawyer argued were due to the defendant’s failure to [...]

$41 Million Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Lawyer Who Suffered Avoidable Stroke

July 17, 2024

In early May 2024, after a one-month trial, a Cook County, Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a now 72-year-old lawyer who suffered a serious stroke because his medical providers failed to properly manage his anticogulation medication. On February 28, 2016, the lawyer[...]

$45.3M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict Upheld

May 21, 2024

Steven Butts went to an emergency room with a broken jaw. The emergency room doctor allegedly failed to properly intubate Butts, depriving him of oxygen and causing permanent brain damage. After a 10-day trial, an Illinois medical malpractice jury returned a verdict for Butts, awarding $45.3 million[...]

$40M Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Negligent Medical Care Leading To Stroke

May 17, 2024

On February 29, 2024, an Illinois medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a stroke victim in the amount of $39.9 million for the negligence of a doctor in failing to control his blood pressure with medication that led to a devastating stroke weeks later. The former landscaper and l[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

$42.4 Million Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death From Baclofen Withdrawal

August 25, 2022

$42.4 Million Verdict For Death From Baclofen Withdrawal: On August 19, 2022, an Illinois medical malpractice wrongful death jury awarded $42,400,000 for the death of a 47-year-old quadriplegic father of two girls, who were 6 and 11 at the time of his death, who was being monitored in the hospital f[...]

$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 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 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 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 Applies General Verdict Rule In Affirming Nearly $7.9M Medical Malpractice Verdict

December 18, 2017

The December 1, 2017 majority opinion of the Appellate Court of Illinois First District (“Illinois Appellate Court”) upheld the $7,884,761.76 medical malpractice judgment entered against the medical malpractice defendants despite finding that the trial court erroneously denied the defend[...]

$12.2M Illinois Medical Malpractice Jury Verdict Upheld

November 1, 2015

In its decision filed on October 21, 2015, the Appellate Court of Illinois First Judicial District Third Division (“Appellate Court”) upheld an Illinois medical malpractice jury verdict in the amount of $12,261,131 in favor of the widow of a man who died on October 25, 2009 from complic[...]

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