$325,000 settlement for a 90-year-old male nursing home resident that developed an infected pressure sore to his sacrum and suffered a fall from bed resulting in a laceration to his forehead that required sutures.
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$1 Million – Largest Reported Nursing Home Settlement
$1 million nursing home settlement against Winchester House for the family of an elderly woman who suffered a fall resulting in a hip fracture. At the time the settlement was reached, this was the largest reported settlement for a nursing home negligence case in Lake County, Illinois.
$1.169 Million – Elderly Woman’s Stroke
$1.169 million Cook County medical negligence verdict against a doctor who failed to adequately monitor and respond to an 84-year-old woman’s abnormal INR levels and order Coumadin to prevent a stroke. This verdict was featured on the front page of the December 1, 2015 issue of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
$1.6 Million – Automobile Accident
$1.6 million settlement for a 55-year-old woman that sustained a left hip fracture and right tibial plateau fracture from an automobile accident.
$1.8 Million – Unnecessary Removal of Testicle
$1.8 million Cook County medical malpractice verdict for a 35-year-old male who lost his only remaining testicle as a result of a preventable medical error during a routine hernia surgery.
$2 Million – Fatal Brain Injury Hypoglycemia
$2 million settlement for the mother of a 33-year-old woman that suffered a fatal brain injury due to hypoglycemia.
$2.4 Million – Man Hit By City Truck
$2.4 million verdict for a 29-year-old man that was hit by a pick-up truck driven by a City of Chicago Streets and Sanitation employee, resulting in a broken leg and four fractured vertebrae. This verdict was featured in the September 24, 2013 issue of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
$3 Million – Medical Malpractice Against Neurosurgeon
$3 million medical malpractice settlement in a lawsuit against a Chicago-area neurosurgeon for a 78-year-old woman who was paralyzed from the waist down as a result of a surgical error.
$3 Million – Dislodged Breathing Tube
$3 million medical malpractice settlement in a lawsuit against a hospital for a 35-year-old woman whose breathing tube became dislodged, leading to her death.
$4.29 Million – Failure to Recognize and Treat a Pericardial Effusion
$4.29 million medical malpractice settlement for a 38-year-old woman who died as a result of a hospital and five physicians failing to recognize and treat a pericardial effusion, causing cardiac tamponade. This settlement was featured in October 23, 2015 issue of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
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