Medical Malpractice Success Stories

$35 Million Settlement for Brain Injury at Birth

We represented the mother of a 5-year-old boy who suffered a severe brain injury during birth. The child’s injuries were suffered as doctors performed an emergency cesarean section delivery after…

$32 Million Settlement for Quadruple Amputation Due to Delayed Diagnosis

We represented the mother of a Chicago girl who, at age 8, was taken to the hospital with a fever and pain in her right leg. During the first 24…

$32 Million Jury Verdict for Cerebral Palsy from Birth Injury

A 7-year-old boy suffers from cerebral palsy, critical blindness, and is fed through a tube following a hospital staff’s failure to recognize numerous signs of fetal distress during labor. $32…

$20.25 Million Jury Verdict for Fetal Distress Injuries

A newborn suffered brain damage and severe cerebral palsy after hospital staff failed to recognize hours of fetal distress. $20.25 Million T. v. Little Company of Mary

$19.4 Million Jury Award as “Routine Surgery” Leads to Negligence

Our client, a 60-year-old woman, went to the hospital for outpatient surgical removal of a benign ovarian cyst. During surgery, however, doctors punctured her bladder. The condition was not diagnosed…

$17.5 Million Emergency Room Error Settlement

A 33-year-old woman went to Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s emergency room complaining of a horrible headache, a stiff neck and vomiting. She was sent home and instructed to take Tylenol. Ten…

$17 Million Emergency Room Error Settlement

A male with a history of and a severe risk of developing bacterial endocarditis went to the University of Chicago Medical Center complaining of severe headaches, back and chest pains,…

$16.6 Million Birth Injury Jury Verdict

A girl suffers from cerebral palsy, learning disabilities and seizures after her Cesarean Section birth was inappropriately delayed, causing her to suffer brain damage. $16.6 Million B. v. Raju

$15 Million Settlement in Birth Injury Diagnosis Delay

A boy was born brain damaged with chronic seizures and limited movement as the result of a physician’s alleged failure to act on numerous warning signs of distress. $15 Million…

$12 Million Settlement for Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment of Meningitis

Our client, who himself is an attorney handling personal injury and other civil litigation cases, was transported to the hospital’s emergency room complaining of a severe headache, chills and dizziness.…

$12 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement

A 6-year-old boy was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia as a result of untreated bacterial meningitis. $12 Million S. v. Children’s Memorial Hospital

$10.2 Million Settlement for Repeated Misdiagnosis of an Executive’s Heart Problem

A young, successful vice president at one of the country’s largest information technology staffing firms had a heart valve condition which led to an infection in his heart that doctors…

$10 Million Settlement for Misdiagnosed Brain Injury Resulting in Paraplegia

Our client, a 41-year-old married father of two, suffered an injury on the right side of his head while playing touch football at a youth ministry retreat. He was taken…

$10 Million Jury Finding of Medical Malpractice

A 28-year-old man became a quadriplegic following the removal of his soft collar two days after an automobile accident. After his collar was removed, he was moved to a new…

$9.75 Million Settlement for Child’s Birth Injury

Our client was a west suburban mother whose daughter suffered a severe brain injury during childbirth because her doctors were too aggressive in inducing labor. Our client was a week…

$9.4 Million Settlement Ends Wisconsin Birth Injury Case

By Jordyn Reiland jreiland@lawbulletinmedia.com Posted June 21, 2019 10:41 AM The family of a child born with severe brain injuries has settled their Winnebago County case for $9.4 million. A…

$9.3 Million Settlement for Surgical Error and Misdiagnosis

Our client was admitted to the hospital with end stage renal failure due to years of uncontrolled hypertension and was diagnosed with TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura). While placing a catheter…

$8 Million Jury Award for Negligence Leading to Brain Damage, Coma

We represented the widow and two children of a truck driver with severe asthma who went to a hospital emergency room with a severe asthma attack. The emergency room nurses…