{"id":2404,"date":"2016-01-28T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2016-08-30T16:19:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T21:19:36","slug":"affirmed-appeal-medical-negligence-causing-death-patient-results-910000-jury-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/affirmed-appeal-medical-negligence-causing-death-patient-results-910000-jury-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Affirmed on Appeal: Medical Negligence Causing Death of Patient Results in $910,000 Jury Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Jan. 12, 2009, Paul Vanderhoof was admitted to the hospital for the surgical removal of his gallbladder. This procedure is also called a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/tests-procedures\/cholecystectomy\/basics\/definition\/prc-20013253\">cholecystectomy<\/a>. During the surgery, the surgeon, Dr. Richard Berk, severed the patient\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Common_bile_duct\">common bile duct<\/a> after he misidentified it as the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cystic_duct\">cystic duct<\/a>. Another surgeon was brought in to perform emergency reconstructive surgery to repair the severed duct.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderhoof remained in the hospital for a week after the surgery during which time he was treated for an intermittent, controlled bile leak. A day after his discharge from the hospital he was readmitted with complaints of chest and abdominal pain. For the next two months, Vanderhoof remained an inpatient at two hospitals and a rehab nursing facility. He continued to suffer bile leakage, develop a large liver abscess and pneumonia and ultimately died of septic shock in the hospital on March 19, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderhoof\u2019s wife, Doris, brought a wrongful death and survival action lawsuit against the surgeon Dr. Berk and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northshore.org\">NorthShore University HealthSystem<\/a>. Dr. Berk\u2019s practice, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guidestar.org\/profile\/36-3738206\">NorthShore University HealthSystem Faculty Practice Associates<\/a>, was later added as a defendant. When Doris Vanderhoof died, her daughter, Carol Vanderhoof, became the special administrator of her father&#8217;s estate. She filed an amended complaint claiming that during her father\u2019s bile duct surgery, Dr. Berk \u201cnegligently and carelessly surgically transected\u201d the common bile duct, \u201cfailed to perform the necessary precautionary methods to ensure a safe gallbladder removal,\u201d and \u201cfailed to call for assistance from a specialist with expertise in biliary surgery\u201d before cutting the common bile duct.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/affirmed-appeal-medical-negligence-causing-death-patient-results-910000-jury-verdict\/#more-2404\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Jan. 12, 2009, Paul Vanderhoof was admitted to the hospital for the surgical removal of his gallbladder. This procedure is also called a cholecystectomy. During the surgery, the surgeon, Dr. Richard Berk, severed the patient\u2019s common bile duct after he misidentified it as the cystic duct. 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