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Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog

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By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

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Last Entry: June 10, 2020 at 09:37:56

Better Knowledge of Geriatric Medicine May Prevent Medical Malpractice

Posted on July 06, 2009
A recent New York Times Op-Ed calls on hospitals to provide clinical training to medical students in geriatric care in order to deliver proper medical treatments to older patients. Currently, medical students receive clinical training in ob-gyn and pediatrics but most physicians never treat children or deliver babies...

Lawsuit Filed against Wrestler?s Doctor

Posted on July 04, 2009
The family of Chris Benoit filed a lawsuit against his physician for improperly prescribing medications to the wrestler. The family claims Benoit was using these medications when he strangled and killed his wife and son. Other physicians have come forward and claimed the doctor was negligent in monitoring his patient during the course of prescribing medications...

Patient Never Allowed to See Doctor

Posted on July 03, 2009
A physician was held accountable in a wrongful death lawsuit for neglecting to diagnose a patient. The patient died of a dissected aorta and bled to death. The patient asked the doctor to see a cardiologist at the hospital but was never given that opportunity...

Parents Settle in Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Posted on July 02, 2009
Parents of a young boy who died after having surgery settled with the boy?s doctor for $200,000 in a wrongful death medical malpractice claim. The boy died from septic shock after his bowel was perforated during a medical procedure. The doctor also checked on the boy the following day and found the perforation, according to the parents...

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Amputation Results in Medical Malpractice Award

Posted on July 01, 2009
A man who suffered gangrene after surgery won a large jury award for medical malpractice against his doctors and hospital. The man underwent heart surgery for an improperly functioning valve. His doctors did not monitor him for blood clotting and he developed gangrene...

Woman Awarded Nearly $3 Million from Medical Malpractice

Posted on June 29, 2009
A jury awarded a woman nearly $3 million from a medical malpractice suit she had filed against a physician group for a bowel leak during surgery that was to remove a cyst on her ovary. The leak was not discovered until 10 days later although the doctors should have seen it earlier through images taken of her uterus...

Patients Given Incorrect Radiation Doses

Posted on June 28, 2009
At a veterans? hospital, 92 veterans were given incorrect radiation doses to treat their prostate cancer. According to the article, ?most veterans got significantly less than the prescribed dose while others received excessive radiation to nearby tissue and organs...

Medical Center Fined for Negligence

Posted on June 27, 2009
A medical center was fined $25,000.00 for medical negligence when it allowed a patient to fall off an x-ray table which resulted in blinding of one of the patient?s eyes. Although the medical center had warning that the woman appeared confused and disoriented with a high risk of falling, she was not supervised during her x-ray procedure...

Man Awarded $1.21 Million in Medical Malpractice

Posted on June 26, 2009
A man was awarded $1.21 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit he filed against his podiatrist. The man?s medical malpractice attorney claimed his client saw his doctor for foot pain when the doctor incorrectly diagnosed the man and performed unnecessary surgery on him...

Hospital Pays Out in Medical Malpractice

Posted on June 25, 2009
A woman who claims she was misdiagnosed at a hospital who confused her x-rays filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the hospital. The woman claims while at the hospital suffering from a ruptured diaphragm, miscommunication ensued over her x-rays which led doctors to diagnose her with a urinary tract infection and muscle strain...

Military Medical Malpractice Bill Proposed

Posted on June 24, 2009
After long debate, a federal bill has been proposed that would allow military families to sue for medical malpractice. Currently there are laws in place that make it nearly impossible for GIs and their families to sue for medical malpractice. This proposed law is unique because the federal bill would hold the government, not doctors, accountable for non-combatant related injuries...

Man?s Misdiagnosed Staph Infection Settles Big

Posted on June 23, 2009
A man with a staph infection was misdiagnosed and filed a medical malpractice suit. The man?s medical malpractice attorney claims his client went to the emergency room complaining of headaches, shakes, and fever. The doctor on duty told the man he had a strain of flu and just needed rest...

Medical Insurance Group Loses Appeals

Posted on June 23, 2009
A medical malpractice insurance group claims it should not have to cover a physician in a medical malpractice lawsuit. Intermed claims the proper documentation was not filed by the physician and its clinic and thus did not have to cover the physician in a settlement against him...

Veterans Given Incorrect Radiation to Cure Prostate Cancer

Posted on June 22, 2009
Ninety-two veterans were given incorrect radiation doses in an attempt to treat their prostate cancer at a veterans? hospital. Although the treatment equipment was broken, the hospital continued to treat the veterans. Thus far no medical malpractice suits have been filed against the hospital...

Wrongful Death Settlement in Chicago Medical Malpractice Suit

Posted on June 21, 2009
A Chicago medical malpractice attorney, John Perconti, stated in a press release that a settlement had finally been reached on behalf of Octavia Shealey, a Chicago hospital patient who died from cardiac arrest. The settlement reached $ 5,350,000.00 for medical malpractice against Octavia?s physicians...

Woman Heart Problems Misdiagnosed

Posted on June 20, 2009
A woman who complained of chest pains was misdiagnosed by a physician which led to permanent heart damage. The woman later filed a medical malpractice claim against the physician for misdiagnosing her chest pains. The medical insurer for the physician group the doctor belonged to also claimed that the group did not properly report the medical malpractice claim...

Man Files Medical Malpractice Suit Alleging Medical Mistakes Made

Posted on June 19, 2009
A man filed a medical malpractice suit against a medical center claiming they made a series of medical mistakes while treating him for severe abdominal pain. The man was rushed to the hospital where he claims he was misdiagnosed and told he needed surgery...

Family Sues for Medical Malpractice after Surgical Error

Posted on June 18, 2009
A family of a deceased woman sued a hospital and surgeon for medical malpractice after the woman died from sepsis and a perforated pouch at the beginning of her intestine. The family claims in their medical malpractice suit that it was the surgery performed on the woman that caused such suffering...

Limiting Patient Rights Will Not Lower Healthcare Costs

Posted on June 17, 2009
According to American Association for Justice President Les Weisbrod, limiting patient rights would not lower healthcare costs. The debate over medical malpractice caps comes after a highly publicized speech by President Obama to the American Medical Association where he assured medical malpractice attorneys that he is not supporting caps on such suits but does want to scale back ?defensive medicine...

Obama Pushes Healthcare Reform

Posted on June 16, 2009
Obama appealed to doctors today at the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago by referencing doctors? complaints about medical malpractice lawsuits. He stated he wants to ?scale back the defensive medicine.? However, Obama did acknowledge that he is not advocating medical malpractice caps on awards to plaintiffs because it would be unfair to those injured...

American Association for Justice Responds to Obama's Speech to AMA

Posted on June 15, 2009
The AAJ responded to President Obama's speech to the American Medical Association today by stressing the importance of focusing on patient safety when discussing health care reform. On its website, the AAJ calls attention to the fact that there has been a lot of talk about restricting patients' rights but little done to address the prevention of medical errors...

Obama May Reduce Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Posted on June 15, 2009
As President Obama prepares to meet with the American Medical Association today in Chicago, a New York Times article reports that President Obama has been in talks to possibly support the reduction of medical malpractice lawsuits. While health care professionals support this change, personal injury attorneys argue that this change will negatively affect those injured or killed in incidents of medical negligence...

Contact Your Representatives to Speak Out Against Medical Malpractice Tort Reform

Posted on June 12, 2009
The American Association for Justice is urging people to contact their representatives to speak out against the inclusion of medical malpractice tort reform in future health care reform bills. Congress is currently preparing to make great changes to the current health care system and there is a possibility that tort reform may be included in these changes...

Medical Malpractice Verdict Upheld

Posted on June 10, 2009
A jury verdict of $500,000 was upheld in court against a physician for medical malpractice. The suit arose from a patient of the physician who alleged the physician was negligent in the care he provided her during kidney disease treatment. The physician was also accused of professional malpractice for allegedly destroying pertinent medical documents regarding the patient...

Hospital Fined for Surgical Error

Posted on June 10, 2009
After leaving a sponge inside a surgical patient, a hospital was fined for medical malpractice. The patient underwent an infected catheter removal when the operating physician and nurse had a miscommunication issue that led to the sponge never being removed...

Man Sues Hospital for Wife?s Death from Cancer

Posted on June 09, 2009
A man filed a medical malpractice claim against his wife?s doctor who allegedly failed to diagnose her with ovarian cancer when giving birth to their son. She died a year later. The man asserts the doctor missed a tumor on his wife?s uterus that was visible on six different ultrasounds...

Man Files Medical Malpractice Suit against Illinois Surgeon

Posted on June 08, 2009
A man has filed a medical malpractice suit against his Illinois orthopedic surgeon for alleging the doctor negligently performed his surgery resulting in nerve damage and numbness. The Illinois doctor performed a left total hip arthroplasty on the man when the patient alleges the negligent medical complications took place...

Mother Sues Doctor Alleging Overmedication of Son

Posted on June 07, 2009
A mother claims that a doctor overmedicated psychiatric medications to her son who later committed suicide and now has filed a medical malpractice action against the doctor. Some of the medications given to her son are not approved for treatment of children...

Woman Awarded $2.9 Million in Medical Malpractice Claim

Posted on June 06, 2009
A woman was awarded $2.9 million for a medical malpractice claim against her hospital, doctors, and their professional corporations. The woman claims the doctors negligently performed an exploratory laparotomy that resulted in ?serious medical complications including infection? which led her to seek a medical malpractice attorney...

Man?s Wife Awarded Large Medical Malpractice Sum

Posted on June 04, 2009
A deceased man?s wife was awarded a large jury award of $1.88 million for medical malpractice regarding the deceased. The man died of cancer even though his doctors had seen him several times before ever being diagnosed. The failure to diagnose the man?s bladder cancer spurred his wife to seek a medical malpractice attorney...

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