Medical Malpractice Settlements

medical malpractice settlement on behalf of a woman’s husband and son, who tragically passed away due to septic shock because of a delayed diagnosis post-surgery.

medical malpractice settlement for the surviving family of a 45-year-old man who died from a heart condition after physicians delayed reading an MRI for nine days. The lawsuit alleged that the scan should have been read on the day it was performed and if so would have revealed a heart condition that could have been fixed with surgery.

settlement for conduct by an unidentified defendant to a liver transplant recipient causing a liver transplant rejection necessitating a second liver transplant causing end-stage renal disease and hemodialysis.

medical negligence settlement for the surviving family of a young Chicago woman who died after suffering a serious brain injury while under the care of the hospital. Doctors failed to perform surgery to treat her medical condition in a timely manner, and she suffered a brain stem herniation which led to irreversible brain damage.

settlement for a radiologist’s failure to correctly interpret an X-ray, missing a massive tumor which caused the death of a 29-year-old husband and father.

settlement for a 26-year-old man who died after receiving a dose of an anesthetic to prepare him for surgery.

settlement for the family of a newborn boy who died as a result of medical malpractice during birth. In the face of fetal distress, the attending physician continued to attempt to deliver the child vaginally and failed to perform a timely c-section.

settlement for the family of a patient who died from severe head trauma and a subdural hematoma. The hospital was negligent in failing to prevent the patient from falling and hitting their head, despite the patient’s known risk for falls.

medical malpractice settlement for an 84-year-old woman who was permanently paralyzed when a Chicago neurosurgeon caused irreparable damage to her spinal cord during a procedure.

settlement for a child who suffered mild brachial plexus injuries that resulted from Dr. Weaver’s failing to use proper disimpaction techniques to address a shoulder dystocia which caused excessive force placed upon the infant’s head and nerve injury.

settlement for a child who suffered severe brain injury and cerebral palsy as the result of a uterine rupture in a vaginal birth after Caesarean (VBAC) delivery that could have been avoided had the doctor and hospital performed a timely Caesarean delivery after the mother complained of a ripping and tearing sensation in her uterus.

settlement against a laboratory for failure to properly read pap smears, resulting in the misdiagnosis of cervical cancer and eventual death of a 35-year-old mother of three children.

medical malpractice settlement for failure to diagnose infection for a 5-year-old boy, who had survived a bone marrow transplant from his brother to treat his acute myleucytic leukemia and resulting graft versus host disease, developed septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and intercerebral hemorrhage causing his death.

settlement against a hospital and doctors for the failure to manage prolonged elevated blood pressure of a 17-year-old dialysis patient which caused a hypertensive emergency resulting in death.

settlement for a 45-year-old optician and his wife against two chiropractors and an internist who failed to diagnose and refer for appropriate treatment the man’s cervical stenonsis, which allowed it to progress to a condition of severe cervical spondylitic myelopathy, ultimately causing permanent loss of fine motor control, loss of sensation in his lower extremities, inability to work, difficulty performing normal activities of daily living, and other serious physical hindrances.