Chicago, IL
Medical malpractice Lawyer at Chicago, IL
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Intellectual Property ... +6 more
OUTCOME: $6.3 Million Verdict
$6.3 million verdict was achieved on behalf of estate of 71-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted, strangled and killed in the basement of a south shore apartment building that was being renovated ... by a construction worker hired by the building owner.
OUTCOME: $2.1 Million - Settlement
$2.1 million settlement for 46-year-old decedent/plaintiff. Plaintiff/decedent presented to an emergency room with complaints of chest pain along with shortness of breath, fever and sore throat. He was ... diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection and discharged to home. He died later that night of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, leaving behind two minor children. The ER team comprised of two physician assistants and an emergency room physician were alleged to have been negligent in their treatment, diagnosis and discharge of the deceased plaintiff who, but for their negligence, would have survived.
OUTCOME: $1.5 Million - Verdict
$1.5 million settlement for 52-year-old decedent/plaintiff. Plaintiff/decedent presented to hospital for treatment of diabetic foot infection and was admitted. During her course of treatment, plaintiff ... /decedent developed pneumonia while being treated for the foot infection. Plaintiff’s estate contends that hospital failed to identify and name the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the causative bacteria of the hospital-acquired pneumonia so as to effectively treat it and instead continued with the antibiotic course of Vancomycin and Zosyn (used to treat foot infection), failing to appreciate that it would not be effective in treating the hospital-acquired pneumonia and ignoring her continuous physical deterioration and demise.
OUTCOME: $2 Million - Settlement
$2 million settlement prior to trial. A confidentiality agreement was entered into as part of the settlement.
OUTCOME: $925,000 - Settlement
$925,000 settlement for 60-year-old plaintiff. Plaintiff suffered a work-related right rotator cuff tear and was referred to a cardiologist prior to shoulder surgery for markedly abnormal right arm Dop ... plers. Plaintiff had a history of a-fib CABG, right carotid endarterectomy, iliac stent, right subclavian stent. The cardiologist elected to proceed with peripheral angiography, atherectomy, percutaneous tranluminal angioplasty (PTA) and/or vascular stenting of the right subclavian artery without a preoperative CT angiogram. Due to the negligence of the doctor, the plaintiff suffered a left-brain stroke that has rendered him disabled.
OUTCOME: $875,000 - Settlement
$875,000 settlement was obtained on behalf of a woman’s estate following her treatment with a widely-used chemical product/drug, which resulted in severe side effects. It was asserted that this chemica ... l medical product caused the woman’s prolonged physical and mental pain and suffering, eventually leading to her death.