Personal Injury Law

Suburban Chicago Family Hires Levin & Perconti

By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

A family hires Levin & Perconti to represent them in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a suburban Chicago hospital for improper treatment and early discharge. After the woman tried to commit suicide, she stayed at the hospital for seven days. Instead of keeping the woman under psychiatric supervision, they discharged her. Two weeks later the woman was readmitted for different medical reasons but visibly suffered from depression and psychosis of which the hospital did not treat. After three days of stay, the hospital released her with the claim they could no longer treat her. Two weeks after her last stay at the hospital, she tried to commit suicide. The family will ask for at least $50,000. "She suffered very serious injuries and the family is seeking fair and comparable compensation," claimed the family's attorney, Steven Levin.

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Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on February 07, 2009 (boomark / email).