Medical Malpractice Verdicts And Settlements
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.
$4,500,000
Settlement in a medical malpractice action on behalf of a 63-year-old man who suffered a severe and permanent kidney injury due to his doctor’s failure to properly monitor and respond to increasing warning signs of kidney damage.
$4,000,000
Verdict in Lake County, Illinois, for the death of a two-year-old girl as a result of medical negligence for the failure to diagnose meningitis. The medical personnel responsible for the child’s care misinterpreted a bruise, which can be a telltale sign of spinal meningitis, as child abuse.
$3,370,000
Verdict and ultimate settlement for a man who bled to death because the city of Chicago failed to respond to an emergency 911 call and dispatch an ambulance.
$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 cesarean section delivery in a timely manner.
Record jury verdict of $2,756,411.82
Record jury verdict of $2,756,411.82 in a medical malpractice case for a baby girl who suffered an injury to her middle finger following a C-section delivery.
$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 digoxin from a pharmacy.
$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.
$900,000
Wrongful death/medical malpractice settlement for a 58-year-old man injured in a car collision. We alleged that the anesthesiologist failed to properly and timely respond to a dangerous drop in blood pressure during the 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.