{"id":320,"date":"2010-05-27T14:06:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T20:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2010\/05\/27\/cook_county_jury_reaches_verdi_1\/"},"modified":"2013-05-09T19:00:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T01:00:13","slug":"cook_county_jury_reaches_verdi_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/cook_county_jury_reaches_verdi_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County Undiagnosed Brain Injury Verdict Reached By Jury"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent $2.62 million Cook County medical malpractice<\/a> verdict, the jury found in favor of the patient who suffered a permanent brain injury<\/a> after his brain infection went undiagnosed for two weeks. The delay in diagnosis resulted in the permanent brain injury after a brain infection spread to the frontal lobe of the patient’s brain. As a result of the brain injury, the Illinois patient needed numerous brain surgeries, one of which resulted in the removal of a portion of his skull.<\/p>\n

The man’s permanent brain injury<\/a> could have been avoided if not for the Illinois medical malpractice<\/a> of an Illinois radiologist. After having a seizure, the Illinois plaintiff presented to the emergency room at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital. In order to rule out the cause of the seizure, a MRI of the patient’s brain was ordered. Up to this point the patient’s care was appropriate and the treating physicians were meeting the appropriate standard of care.<\/p>\n

The standard of care for medical professionals is defined as the level of care that a reasonable person, in this case a doctor, would exercise in similar circumstances. If a doctor or hospital chose not to satisfy the standard of care in some method of treatment resulting in an injury or death to the patient, then a a case for medical malpractice could be brought.<\/p>\n

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