Medical Malpractice Settlements

settlement against a physician in a wrongful birth case for his failure to tell the mother that testing showed her child had severe birth defects, resulting in the delivery of a profoundly brain-damaged baby.

settlement against a gynecologist and his hospital employer who unnecessarily sterilized an unmarried 28-year-old woman with a mass on her left ovary by performing a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of all her reproductive organs).

settlement against an emergency room doctor and staff whose failure to provide proper I.V. fluid resuscitation to a 19-month-old boy resulted in his death from dehydration.

settlement against a hospital and doctor for the death of a mother that could have been avoided by diagnosis of and timely response to her impending immediate postpartum sickle cell crisis.

settlement for an 80-year-old patient who was recovering from a stroke when a feeding tube was placed in his trachea instead of his esophagus, resulting in pneumonia, which led to his death.

birth injury settlement for a newborn who suffered severe and permanent brachial plexus injuries during delivery as a result of the defendant’s failure to perform the proper disimpaction techniques. As a result, she suffers from Erb’s Palsy and requires ongoing physical and occupational therapy.

settlement for a 70-year-old patient who, as a result of treatment for prostate cancer, suffered radiation burns to the rectal wall due to improper placement of radioactive seeds (brachytherapy) in the prostate requiring numerous surgeries and loss of all bladder and bowel function.

settlement against a village, its paramedics and a hospital for failing to timely transport a 55-year-old asthmatic to the hospital and to provide necessary resuscitative measures, causing cardiac arrest.

verdict against a doctor for improperly performing the McRoberts maneuver in the delivery of a baby who developed shoulder dystocia during birth, resulting in a crippling brachial plexus arm injury.

settlement against an HMO doctor for failing to diagnose and treat a failing artificial heart valve, which resulted in the patient’s death.

settlement against a pediatrician for failure to diagnose meningitis in an 18-month-old boy. The physician’s error led the boy to suffer hearing loss and brain damage.

settlement for a 58-year-old female who suffered permanent ulnar nerve damage due to defendant hospital’s staff’s failure to properly position, pad, and monitor the condition of her dominant right upper extremity during a prolonged surgical procedure under general anesthesia.

medical malpractice settlement against a Chicago hospital for an emergency physician’s failure to notify the mother of a 14-month-old girl when the child’s bloodwork showed signs of a possible bacterial infection. As a result of her pneumococcal meningitis going untreated, she suffered severe brain damage and died.

settlement against a physician for failing to biopsy a known breast tumor, resulting in the delay of diagnosis of breast cancer, causing death.

medical malpractice settlement for the wrongful death of our 37-year-old client who died following a hysterectomy. She lost her airway when the anesthesiologists attempted to extubate her at the conclusion of her hysterectomy surgery and required a tracheotomy to breathe. Several weeks later she developed an infection and died.