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A Cook County Illinois jury has entered a $1.1 million verdict in favor of a 62 year-old woman who fell at Northwest Community Hospital<\/a> in Arlington Heights, Illinois<\/a> after her knee replacement surgery. As a result of the fall, it was claimed that the new personal injuries<\/a> sustained to her knee kept her disabled for more than 3 years. The Illinois medical negligence claim<\/a> was filed in Cook County, Illinois; Shiffman v. Northwest Community Hospital, No. 07 L 9292<\/em>.
\nAt the time that the Illinois medical malpractice<\/a> occurred, Arlyne Shiffman was a patient at Northwest Community Hospital. She had undergone a total left knee replacement surgery and was on her second day of recovery when the fall occurred. According to the Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit<\/a>, Ms. Shiffman had been left alone by the nursing staff while up to the commode and was later found on the floor near the commode.
\nAs a result of her fall, Ms. Shiffman’s surgical wound reopened, leaving it more susceptible to infection. The plaintiff did in fact contract an infection and required three additional surgeries, including a removal of the now-infected knee prosthesis. Ms. Shiffman also needed an antibiotic spacer inserted into her knee, which was left in for three months to ensure she remained infection-free. Her last, and hopefully final, surgery was a re-implantation of her knee prosthesis.<\/p>\n

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