Chicago Medical Malpractice Lawyer
At Levin & Perconti, we have recovered more than a billion dollars for our clients. We can conduct a free, no-obligation analysis of your situation, to reveal your potential reimbursement for the harm caused by medical malpractice or negligence.
- Facts About the Medical Malpractice Law Firm, Levin & Perconti
- Is Medical Malpractice Common?
- Example of Medical Malpractice: A Real-Life Scenario
- What Qualifies as Medical Malpractice?
- Proving Medical Negligence in Illinois
- Things to Keep in Mind About Medical Malpractice
- How Can Levin & Perconti Help Victims of Medical Negligence?
- Medical Malpractice: A Challenging Battle
- Medical Malpractice Settlement Amounts
- Medical Malpractice Cases won by Levin & Perconti
- Take Action Against Medical Malpractice
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Testimonials
In the United States, nearly 800,000 Americans suffer permanent disability or lose their lives annually due to incorrect medical diagnosis. In Illinois alone, there are about 400 medical malpractice payments made annually, totaling millions of dollars. AMA states that one in three clinicians will be sued for medical malpractice at least once throughout their career, with some surgical specialties having an even greater chance of being sued.
However, doctors and hospitals that commit medical errors are often unwilling to come forward voluntarily. It takes brave citizens, with the help of experienced medical lawyers, to hold these medical practitioners accountable for malpractice.
We help Illinois residents recover from medical malpractice, birth injury and nursing home abuse, to receive the reimbursement they need for rehabilitation and life-changing medical circumstances. We’ve seen many people struggle with traumatic medical errors, and will support you through the entire litigation process.
Facts About the Medical Malpractice Law Firm, Levin & Perconti:
- Won over a billion in total client compensation
- Achieved numerous record-setting multi-million dollar settlements for Illinois families
- On the nation’s best lawyer lists, including the Illinois Top 100 and Best Lawyers in America
- Our founder, Steven Levin, is a nationally-known attorney and public speaker, and has been powerful voice in Illinois law since the 1970s
Is Medical Malpractice Common?
There are approximately 15,000 to 19,000 malpractice suits filed each year in the U.S. – a truly mind-boggling number of lawsuits, considering how many malpractice situations aren’t even pursued legally. About 80,000 to 100,00 people die due to misdiagnoses, and another 195,000 die of other preventable mistakes.
Health care is complex and, unfortunately, leaves a lot of room for error. However, some acts of medical malpractice are purely caused by the carelessness and intentional acts of medical staff. They might be busy, sleep-deprived, or stressed out, but there is no excuse for medical malpractice.
Here’s something startling about the prevalence of medical malpractice: 1 in 3 people experience errors during a medical visit, but the majority don’t even realize it. Constant errors, which become almost routine in poorly-managed medical operations, can become invisible in the day-in, day-out of health care.
Our attorneys represent clients who have been injured or killed by careless health care providers – hospitals, doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, dentists, chiropractors, podiatrists, and more. Sometimes a negligent act by a medical professional doesn’t rise to the level of a crime but absolutely DOES provide the basis for a medical malpractice lawsuit.
Medical malpractice is often the result of things like:
- Reduced staffing or hours of monitoring at medical facilities
- Failure to hire and train skilled medical workers
- Not following medical guidelines or Illinois laws
- Unethical and neglectful procedures
- Doctors who practice non-standard methods
Although hospitals and doctors may not be motivated to discuss medical errors, Levin & Perconti works to uncover the truth. We hold them accountable for medical malpractice.
Example of Medical Malpractice: A Real-Life Scenario
Failure to administer medical tests, making misdiagnoses, and reading test results improperly contribute to the majority of medical malpractice suits. In the following scenario – which is a real case handled by Levin & Perconti – a pregnant mother suffered a devastating medical error.
The mother-to-be visited an Illinois medical provider for ongoing prenatal care. During the course of her care, the provider failed to test her for Group B strep. This is a routine test that should be performed by every prenatal provider, according to decades of recommendations from the World Health Organization, Journal of the American Medical Association, and other medical authorities.
The test that was never taken for Group B strep would have been positive. The mother had the illness, and therefore passed it to her daughter during delivery. As a result, the baby developed meningitis and now suffers permanent brain damage.
Levin & Perconti helped this suffering mother secure a $9 million medical malpractice settlement against the medical provider. Although the settlement can never undo the damage that was done, it helps the mother with ongoing support for her daughter.
What Qualifies as Medical Malpractice?
Medical malpractice is one of the least commonly-understood aspects of law. If there’s one thing we want our clients to understand, it’s that a medical provider does not have to commit a criminal act to commit medical malpractice.
Medical malpractice encompasses any act or omission that deviates from medical standards, causing harm to the patient. Of course, it can be hard for the layman to know what exactly the medical standards are – and that’s where Levin & Perconti comes in. We serve as advocates and guides to help you understand medical malpractice.
Levin & Perconti has represented clients in various medical malpractice scenarios, like: