Medical Malpractice Success Stories

$1.7 Million Jury Verdict for Patient’s Misdiagnosis Death

$1.7 Million Jury Verdict For Patient’s Misdiagnosis Death A woman was seen by her family physician three times for such symptoms as nausea, fever and weight loss. After receiving diagnoses…

$1.7 Million Settlement for Psych Unit Fight Injury

$1.7 Million Settlement For Psych Unit Fight Injury A patient with a long history of mental illness struck a 57-year-old patient in the head several times during an argument and…

$1.65 Million Settlement for Negligence During Surgery

$1.65 Million Settlement For Negligence During Surgery On behalf of the widow and estate (including three adult children) of a deceased 65-year-old man, we secured a $1.65 million settlement for…

$1.5 Million Delayed Diagnosis Settlement

$1.5 Million Delayed Diagnosis Settlement A young boy suffers from seizures and requires extensive speech and occupational therapy as a result of a delay in diagnosis of his mother’s pre-eclampsia…

$1.5 Million Rare Jury Verdict for Tardive Dyskinesia-Related Medication Error

$1.5 Million Rare Jury Verdict for Tardive Dyskinesia-Related Medication Error Our client, a 21-year-old man with autism, received the first reported Cook County verdict in at least 25 years involving…

$1.25 Million Settlement for Fatal Surgical Error

$1.25 Million Settlement for Fatal Surgical Error A 55-year-old woman died on the operating table after doctors punctured her right ventricle while inserting a defibrillator. $1.25 Million M. v. Bulow

$1.2 Million Settlement for Medical Negligence

$1.2 Million Settlement for Medical Negligence Defendants failed to recognize a bowel perforation following a laparoscopic procedure resulting in acute respiratory failure (ARDS), acute renal failure and multisystem organ failure…

$1.1 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement

A 65-year-old woman’s right leg and left hand were amputated after the Heparin she was taking for a suspected pulmonary embolism caused Heparin-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (HITT) — a drop in…

$1 Million Emergency Room Error Settlement

$1 Million Emergency Room Error Settlement A Chicago police officer went to Christ Hospital’s emergency room complaining of shortness of breath, chest pains, pain in her right calf and heart…

$1 Million Jury Verdict for Misdiagnosis Death

$1 Million Jury Verdict for Misdiagnosis Death A 40-year-old woman died of a pulmonary embolism. Two days earlier, she had visited her physician complaining of pain in her leg and…

$1 Million Jury Verdict in Birth Injury, Death

$1 Million Jury Verdict in Birth Injury, Death A newborn baby boy was born brain-dead six days after life-support systems were removed. During his mother’s labor, the fetal monitor had…

$1 Million Settlement for Emergency Room Error

$1 Million Settlement for Emergency Room Error A man was sent home from the emergency room after suffering a hockey injury to his leg. He was readmitted the following day…

$1 Million Surgical Error Settlement

$1 Million Surgical Error Settlement A 42-year-old pressman for the Chicago Tribune became paralyzed after laminectomy surgery to repair a herniated thoracic disk. $1 Million M. v. Yarzagaray

$1 Million Settlement for Misdiagnosis Resulting in Pulmonary Embolism Death

$1 Million Settlement for Misdiagnosis Resulting in Pulmonary Embolism Death We represented the estate of a 22-year-old woman who presented to the emergency room with shortness of breath and dizziness.…

$1 Million Settlement for Fatal Surgical Error

$1 Million Settlement for Fatal Surgical Error A 29-year-old man died 11 days after undergoing surgery to repair arm fractures. During surgery, the man aspirated stomach contents into his lungs…

$1 Million Settlement for Fatal Birth Injury

$1 Million Settlement for Fatal Birth Injury Shortly after a woman went into labor, her doctor attempted a delivery with the use of forceps. The baby was born at 6:41…

$895,454.54 Malpractice Settlement Reached in Placental Abruption Infant Death

$895,454.54 Malpractice Settlement Reached in Placental Abruption Infant Death A 6-day-old infant girl died as the result of a placental abruption. The infant required renal dialysis and multiple blood transfusions.…

$890,000 Malpractice Settlement for Infant’s Partial Penile Amputation

$890,000 Malpractice Settlement for Infant’s Partial Penile Amputation While an attending physician and a resident were performing a circumcision of a newborn at a hospital, the resident amputated a portion…