{"id":345,"date":"2010-08-19T11:34:29","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T17:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2010\/08\/19\/cook_county_surgical_malpracti_1\/"},"modified":"2016-08-29T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T19:53:10","slug":"cook_county_surgical_malpracti_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/cook_county_surgical_malpracti_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County Surgical Malpractice Verdict Reviewed on Issues of Sole Proximate Cause &#8211; Robinson v. Boffa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court recently affirmed a Cook County Circuit Court verdict in favor of the defendant surgeon in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/files\/2013\/05\/Robinson-v-Boffa.pdf\"><em>Robinson v. Boffa<\/em>, No. 1-07-1128<\/a>.  The plaintiff had appealed the not-guilty verdict on the grounds that the trial judge had erred in allowing jury instructions that included sole proximate cause language.  However, the appellate court was not persuaded to change the Illinois jury&#8217;s decision based on these arguments.<\/p>\n<p><em>Robinson<\/em> is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1331861.html\">Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit<\/a> wherein the decedent died about a month after having a second surgery to remove a cancerous colon mass.  The second surgery was done just a mere five days after her initial surgery to remove the cancerous tumor because the surgeon incorrectly removed a non-cancerous tissue mass during the first operation.<\/p>\n<p>The decedent&#8217;s estate contended that her death was a result of the stress the second surgery placed on her body and that her death could have been avoided had the surgeon removed the correct tumor during the first procedure.  However, the surgeon argued that his alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1331861.html\">medical negligence<\/a> was in fact caused by a vague colonoscopy report which he relied upon in order to determine the location of the tumor, thereby including elements of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337431.html\">radiology error<\/a>.  The surgeon also claimed the that preexisting medical conditions of chronic heart failure, diabetes, and renal failure contributed to the decedent&#8217;s death, and that therefore he was not negligent.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/cook_county_surgical_malpracti_1\/#more-345\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court recently affirmed a Cook County Circuit Court verdict in favor of the defendant surgeon in Robinson v. Boffa, No. 1-07-1128. The plaintiff had appealed the not-guilty verdict on the grounds that the trial judge had erred in allowing jury instructions that included sole proximate cause language. 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