{"id":358,"date":"2010-09-08T14:10:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T20:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2010\/09\/08\/illinois_kidney_transplant_cas_1\/"},"modified":"2016-07-07T16:39:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T21:39:13","slug":"illinois_kidney_transplant_cas_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_kidney_transplant_cas_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Kidney Transplant Case Results in Brain Damage:  Chicago Hospital Settles for $6 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When analyzing cases for possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1331861.html\">Illinois medical malpractice<\/a>, sometimes the resulting injury is a reasonable outcome of the procedure and as such does not quality as medical malpractice.  However, sometimes you encounter a medical malpractice lawsuit where not only was the resulting injury not a foreseeable outcome, but it could have easily been avoided.<\/p>\n<p>Lauro Ortiz&#8217;s medical malpractice lawsuit is such a case where the resulting injury would not have occurred if not for medical negligence.  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1342715.html\">kidney transplant malpractice lawsuit <\/a>resulted in a $6 million settlement from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rush.edu\/\">Rush University Medical Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz presented for a kidney transplant at Rush University Medical Center.  The 39 year-old had been born with only one kidney and also suffered from diabetes.  At the time Ortiz was on dialysis and was hoping that the kidney transplant would free him from the regular dialysis treatments and allow him to live a more normal life.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_kidney_transplant_cas_1\/#more-358\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When analyzing cases for possible Illinois medical malpractice, sometimes the resulting injury is a reasonable outcome of the procedure and as such does not quality as medical malpractice. However, sometimes you encounter a medical malpractice lawsuit where not only was the resulting injury not a foreseeable outcome, but it could have easily been avoided. 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