Doe, 42, suffered a syncopal episode at a gym. He went to a hospital where a physician recommended a CT scan. Doe declined, attributing his condition to an energy drink that he had recently consumed. Within the week, Doe consulted Dr. Roe complaining of severe headaches. Dr. Roe prescribed a…
Doe, 49, experienced severe back and shoulder pain. He went to an ER where he was administered pain medication. His pain remained severe over the next eight hours. Although blood work showed evidence of a serious infection, Doe remained in the ER waiting to be transferred to a floor. Earlier…
Ms. Doe, age 73, fell and fractured her hip. She underwent hip surgery performed by Dr. Roe, an orthopedic surgeon at an area hospital. The next day, Ms. Doe was able to bear weight, and her sensory examination allegedly was normal. A day later, however, Ms. Doe developed leg weakness.…
Saalik Ziyad, 40, had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He was received at the emergency department at Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago where he was seen for sepsis and an abscess. An ECG was read as borderline, and he was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). A nephrologist,…
The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a Cook County jury verdict of $5 million for a suicide that occurred at Advocate Health and Hospital Corp. The decedent, Bozena Binkowski, sued Advocate Health in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, alleging medical negligence and wrongful death related to the death of her…
The wife of William Lee, a 41-year-old father of young children, found him unconscious in the middle of the night. He was rushed to Westchester Medical Center where he underwent a head CT scan and had a neck CTA. A CTA or “coronary computed tomography angiography” involves the use of…
Mr. Doe, 68, went to a hospital complaining of severe back pain. When he was admitted, a hospitalist ordered an MRI. Doe began declining neurologically and then was treated for respiratory issues approximately two days into the hospitalization. The MRI order was discontinued. It was not done until the fifth…
Alfred J. Giudicy appealed the circuit court’s judgment dismissing his medical malpractice case without prejudice after he chose not to file an affidavit of merit within 180 days. The filing deadline is required under § 538.225. Giudicy argued that § 538.225 violates the Missouri Constitution. It was also contended by…
Doe was admitted to a hospital to undergo a non-emergency medical procedure. During or because of the non-emergency surgery, something evidently did not go as planned. Doe suffered permanent injuries that now require 24/7 care; he is unable to work. Doe sued the physician, the downstate Illinois hospital, and a…
An Indiana University Hospital did not violate a law prohibiting patient dumping when it sent a woman suffering from severe abdominal pain to another facility to have dying portions of her intestines removed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago declined to revive the lawsuit that…