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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

Medication Error Prevention

Posted on May 03, 2009
According to an article, medication errors account for 78% of serious medical errors in the intensive care unit.? There are strategies to prevent such medical errors including: eliminating extended physician work schedules, computerizing orders and intravenous devices, having pharmacists participate in the ICU, reconciling medications upon admission to or discharge from the ICU, and maintaining detailed up-to-date medication lists...

Woman Paralyzed During Cervical Discectomy Surgery

Posted on May 02, 2009
A mother of two was paralyzed from the waist down during cervical discectomy surgery from her surgeon?s error, the article alleges. While the surgeon performed the surgery, he tamped with a hammer too hard and hit her spinal cord. The woman travels by wheelchair and is unable to move from the chest down...

Medical Procedure Gone Awry Leads to Huge Jury Award

Posted on May 02, 2009
A jury issued a woman $12 million after she brought a lawsuit for medical malpractice against her doctor. She was had standard procedures done to diagnose a bowel problem when the doctor allegedly left her brain damaged. According to the doctor, the woman started experiencing vomiting and chest pain after the medical procedure error...

A Young Girl Wins Medical Malpractice Settlement from the State

Posted on May 01, 2009
A girl injured during a spleen surgery was awarded a settlement from the state funded by health care providers for her medical malpractice claim against the surgeon. While having her spleen removed, the doctor decided to remove it from small holes in her belly button...

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Dental Surgeon Sued for Medical Malpractice

Posted on April 30, 2009
A dental surgeon is charged with medical malpractice for allegedly erring while performing a procedural biopsy. The woman claims to have permanent nerve damage and loss of smile appearance from the dental malpractice. She also claims she can no longer smile without feeling pain...

Doctor Liable for Medical Malpractice to Illinois Patient

Posted on April 29, 2009
A doctor was held liable for medical malpractice when she operated on an plaintiff?s attorney, the doctor waited to long before calling for emergency back-up when the man was in her hospital care. The patient has had six corrective surgeries since then...

Government Seeks $1.2 Million in Federal Malpractice Case

Posted on April 27, 2009
The federal government is seeking over $1 million from two doctors who were negligent in the case of a former military diesel mechanic. According to a report, the victim suffered personal injuries in a series of surgeries performed by the doctors. These injuries ended his military career...

Five Patients Sue Urology Center In Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on April 26, 2009
Five former patients of a urology center filed a medical malpractice lawsuit, alleging that the facility improperly used medical supplies on multiple patients, potentially exposing them to danger illnesses. According to a report, the center contacted 5700 patients to warn them of a risk of blood borne illnesses and suggested they get tested because the center misused single-use supplies...

Transplant Program Settles Five Malpractices Cases for $1M

Posted on April 25, 2009
Kaiser Permanente?s kidney transplant program recently settled five medical malpractice cases for a total of $1 million. The program is no longer in operation. A medical malpractice lawyer who handled the case says that the state?s medical malpractice laws are to blame for the small settlement...

Chicago Doctor Being Sued

Posted on April 23, 2009
A Chicago, Illinois, obstetrician is being sued ?for allegedly botching a circumcision of a 1-day-old baby and cutting off a portion of the infant?s penis,? according to a Chicago news article. The infant had to have emergency surgery to correct the medical problem...

Defending Doctor?s Testimony Contradicts Experts

Posted on April 23, 2009
A defending doctor contradicted expert testimony in a medical malpractice suit. The experts claimed a patient died from ?several treatment errors? including the doctor?s surgery, according to an article. The medical lawsuit claims the doctor misdiagnosed the patient that led to sepsis, an infection that spreads into the blood stream...

Doctors Fail to Diagnose Malrotation

Posted on April 22, 2009
Malrotation is an ?abnormal alignment of the bowels that can cut off blood flow to the intestines,? according to the article. Doctors told a woman not to worry when they misdiagnosed her baby's conditions. They assumed the baby was only spitting up when he really suffered from malrotation...

Attorney Steven Levin Settles Medical Malpractice Case in Chicago

Posted on April 22, 2009
Chicago medical malpractice lawyer Steven Levin recently settled a case for $1 million on behalf of a Chicago boy who suffered brain damage and hearing loss when a doctor failed to diagnose his meningitis. The boy, now 10 years old, was only 8 months old when the injury occurred...

Critical Care Delayed at Hospital

Posted on April 21, 2009
A man was awarded $25 million dollars in a medical malpractice suit against a hospital after the hospital allegedly delayed critical care after brain surgery. When the man complained to the hospital?s doctor that he suffered from frequent headaches, he was given a CT scan...

Doctor Sleeps with Patient and Pays Big

Posted on April 20, 2009
A doctor accused of sleeping with his patient must pay $416,500 in damages according to a recent jury ruling. The woman filed a medical malpractice suit against the doctor for allegedly violating his duty of care ?by engaging in the sexual relationship while treating her for depression,? according to the article...

Case Law Update: Summary Judgment in Medical Malpractice

Posted on April 20, 2009
Forsberg v. Edward Hospital and Services, No. 2-08-0243 (4-8-09) affirmed that although a Section 2-622 report is not automatically excluded from use by plaintiff to rebut defendant's motion for summary judgment in medical malpractice action, the 2-622 report attached to the plaintiff's complaint does not satisfy the requirements of SCR 191, since the report relies on records that are not attached...

Transplant Program Settles Five Malpractices Cases for $1M

Posted on April 18, 2009
Kaiser Permanente?s kidney transplant program recently settled five medical malpractice cases for a total of $1 million. The program is no longer in operation. A medical malpractice lawyer who handled the case says that the state?s medical malpractice laws are to blame for the small settlement...

Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Doctor Removed Wrong Ovary

Posted on April 17, 2009
A 45-year-old woman has filed a medical malpractice complaint against a gynecologist who allegedly removed the wrong ovary during surgery. The complaint also alleges that the doctor then tried to cover-up this surgical error. According to reports, the doctor diagnosed the victim with a mass on her right ovary and recommended surgery to remove the entire ovary to prevent future cancer...

So Far No Detection of Tuberculosis at Hospitals

Posted on April 16, 2009
A pediatric resident has scared three different Chicago hospitals after being diagnosed with tuberculosis. Thus far, there have been no detections of the tuberculosis spreading. The Chicago Department of Public Health claims this is a good sign that the bacterial disease had not spread...

Jury Awards $10.6 in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Posted on April 16, 2009
In 2005, a woman went into surgery to relieve pain in her right arm. During the cervical discectomy procedure, the surgeon negligently hit the victim?s spinal cord with a bone plug, causing her to lose all feeling and movement from her chest down. This surgical error left her permanently disabled and altered her life forever...

Hospital?s Negligence Leads to Settlement

Posted on April 15, 2009
A woman filed a hospital negligence suit when a medical mistake led her to seek an abortion. The woman claims, while working as a nurse at the hospital, the medical staff failed to inform her she was pregnant after taking a test before she had a heart procedure...

Man Allegedly Injured At Medical Center

Posted on April 14, 2009
A man was allegedly injured when he was being transferred from his wheelchair to a dialysis machine by a Hoyer Lift apparatus. The man suffered a fractured hip, bruises, other injuries, and died several months later. His widow brought a claim against the medical center for medical negligence...

Woman Suffers Mechanical Skin Sheer Injury

Posted on April 12, 2009
A woman filed a medical malpractice complaint against her hospital after she claims to have suffered a mechanical skin sheer injury when a nurse negligently pulled a bed sheet that had adhered to her buttocks from under her. The woman had undergone a successful back surgery, but according to the patient had failed to reposition her every two hours to prevent the injury...

Pediatrics Resident Diagnosed with Tuberculosis After Working with Hundreds of Young Patients

Posted on April 12, 2009
Recently, a pediatrics resident at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago was diagnosed with tuberculosis, an infectious disease of the lungs that can often to lead to death. Since last fall, the resident has worked at three hospitals in the Chicago area and has come into contact with hundreds of co-workers and young patients...

Soldier Awarded $1.6 Million in Medical Malpractice Damages

Posted on April 10, 2009
A jury found two doctors negligent when they performed an almost fatal abdominal surgery on a United States soldier. The jury awarded the soldier and his wife $1.6 million for the medical malpractice suit. They also awarded the hospital that repaired the doctors? mistake enough to cover the medical expenses provided...

Nurse Allegedly Infected Patients with Hepatitis C

Posted on April 09, 2009
A previous army nurse, who at the time was currently working as a civilian, at an Army hospital allegedly infected at least 15 patients with hepatitis C. The allegedly negligent nurse poured medication into an infected container he brought from home for patients...

Negligent Circumcision Awards Mother $2.3 Million

Posted on April 08, 2009
A negligent obstetrician severed off 30-40% of a baby boy?s penis when conducting a circumcision. The baby?s pediatrician was also named negligent in the medical malpractice suit because she had failed to examine the boy after the injury in which the severed piece could have been reattached...

Indiana Surgeon Flees

Posted on April 07, 2009
An Indiana surgeon with a practice in Chicago?s suburbs has fled to Greece after being found guilty of medical malpractice by a panel of three physicians. The man was found guilty of medical negligence after misdiagnosing a patient. He diagnosed the patient as requiring sinus surgery when in turn the patient died of throat cancer...

Medical Malpractice Birth Injuries

Posted on April 06, 2009
A birth injury is when the direct cause of a baby?s medical complications is directly caused by the delivery procedure. Birth injuries are often the fault of medical malpractice. If during the delivery the procedure involved substandard or less than adequate medical care a person may have a claim for medical malpractice...

Dermatologist Allegedly Fails to Diagnose

Posted on April 04, 2009
According to a patient of Gregory and Musick Dermatology, a doctor failed to diagnose her basal cell carcinoma. After visiting the doctor on two different occasions, carcinoma on her left facial cheek was detected. The woman claims the failed diagnosis has caused her additional surgery and has suffered disfigurement and disability...

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