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Medical Malpractice Settlements

Levin & Perconti has handled numerous successful medical malpractice cases over the years, securing several significant settlements and awards. The medical malpractice lawsuits we have handled serve as an example of how devastating medical negligence can be.

 

$
40M

verdict on behalf of the now 19-year-old woman who suffered a severe and permanent brain injury during birth due to a delayed C-section delivery at Sarah Bush Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

$
27M

recovery on behalf of a child who suffered preventable HIE and asphyxia injuries at birth, resulting in permanent cognitive and developmental impairments.

$
17.7M

medical malpractice settlement for a former police officer who suffered a life-altering brain injury due to nursing staff negligence at a Chicago hospital.

$
14M

record high verdict against a doctor and hospital for not following and ignoring abnormal chest X-ray results, which caused a substantial delay in the diagnosis of lung cancer

$
12M

medical malpractice settlement

$
9M

medical malpractice settlement, birth injury case surrounding failure to test the mother for Group B Strep during prenatal care. Mother was never tested, would have been positive, and passed Group B Strep onto her daughter during delivery. As a result, the baby developed meningitis and brain damage and now suffers from permanent brain damage.

$
8.1M

medical malpractice verdict on behalf of a family whose mother died of lung cancer in 2015 as a result of a failure to diagnose.

$
8M

settlement due to a hospital’s failure to treat a kidney stone which led to a woman’s wrongful death

$
7.62M

verdict against an HMO doctor who disregarded the mother’s complaints of postpartum bleeding, which resulted in her bleeding to death.

$
6.71M

verdict against a hospital because an inexperienced resident performed a vaginal delivery of a breech presentation (bottom first) resulting in shoulder dystocia and a crippling brachial plexus arm injury.

$
6.5M

For a child who suffered a brain injury due to a hospital’s failure to provide appropriately trained health care providers to perform a neonatal resuscitation.

$
6.2M

trial verdict for a 61-year-old man left permanently disabled following a procedure at the Hines Veterans Administration Medical Center.

$
5.77M

for a woman who became paralyzed as a result of a Veterans Administration physician’s failure to recognize worsening neurological symptoms and perform a necessary surgery to relieve spinal cord compression.

$
5.35M

settlement against a hospital and hospital staff for failure to diagnose postpartum cardiomyopathy in an 18-year-old woman who had just had her first child one month earlier. The victim died as a result of this failure to diagnose.

$
5M

verdict against a doctor and resident for mishandling a breathing tube, losing our 14-year-old quadriplegic client’s airway, which led to her death.