Medical Malpractice: Verdicts and Settlements

Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen, Ltd.

Below are brief summaries of medical malpractice cases that we have resolved for past clients.

$18,000,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case involving the traumatic birth of a baby boy who was deprived of oxygen during labor and delivery which resulted in the baby being born with Cerebral Palsy of the spastic quadriplegic type.

$6,000,000 settlement for the negligent management of a baby's breathing tube that resulted in severe brain injury.

$5,000,000 settlement in a medical malpractice case involving a patient's suicide at a hospital.

$4,500,000 settlement for a brain damaged baby resulting from misdiagnosed spinal meningitis.

$4,000,000 verdict in a medical malpractice action in Lake County.

$3,100,000 settlement for a little girl suffering brain damage following complications from cardiac surgery.

$3,000,000 settlement for the traumatic birth of a baby due to the failure to perform a Caesarian-section delivery in a timely manner.

$2,750,000 settlement for the wrongful death of a woman caused by giving her the wrong blood.

$2,000,000 settlement - the full limits of insurance - for the wrongful death of a newborn who mistakenly received 10 times the required dose of Digoxon from a pharmacy. MORE

$2,000,000 settlement - the full limits of insurance - for the wrongful death of a man who died after surgery for a penile implant.

$1,950,000 medical malpractice settlement for the wife and three children of a cancer patient who died due to the failure to diagnose and treat the condition.

$1,750,000 verdict for the failure to repair a torn aorta caused by an automobile collision in a timely manner, resulting in the death of a woman.

$1,750,000 settlement for the death of a six-month-old girl who died after a pharmacy improperly filled her prescription for heart medication.

$1,500,000 settlement for the family of a Polish immigrant who died after a neighborhood clinic failed to provide the proper care when he complained of chest pains.

Wrongful Death/Medical Malpractice settlement for 58 year old man injured a car collision. We alleged that the anesthesiologist failed to properly and timely respond to a dangerous drop in blood pressure during administration of pain medication. The case settled for $900,000.

$875,000 verdict against a surgeon for the failure to properly diagnose and remove an acoustic neuroma.

$600,000 settlement with resident physicians and a hospital for the death of an 11-day old infant caused by negligence during the delivery.