{"id":372,"date":"2011-04-07T13:17:51","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T19:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2011\/04\/07\/illinois_wrongful_death_lawsui_1\/"},"modified":"2013-05-09T17:10:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T23:10:54","slug":"illinois_wrongful_death_lawsui_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_wrongful_death_lawsui_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Wrongful Death Lawsuit Settled for $4.5 Million \u2013 Bialas v. Advocate Christ Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A $4.5 million settlement was reached between Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center and the family of a man who died after his bladder ruptured at the Chicago hospital.  The claims in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1344040.html\">wrongful death case<\/a> of <em>The Estate of Krzysztof Bialas v. Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center<\/em>, No. 07 L 12141, were that the decedent&#8217;s death could have been avoided if the hospital&#8217;s radiologist had correctly read a CT scan that would have identified the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The decedent, Krzysztof Bialas, was a 42 year-old warehouse worker who presented to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocatehealth.com\/cmc\/\">Oak Lawn&#8217;s Christ Hospital<\/a> with a fractured pelvis after being injured in a forklift accident at his job.  Nursing notes from the hospital visit indicated that Bialas&#8217;s scrotum was extremely swollen.  In response to this observation, doctors ordered a CT scan of Bialas&#8217;s abdomen and pelvis.<\/p>\n<p>While Bialas&#8217;s fractured pelvis was appropriately diagnosed by x-ray, the radiologist failed to recognize the presence of a large amount of fluid in Bialas&#8217;s pelvic area.  The medical malpractice complaint filed by the decedent&#8217;s estate alleged that it was this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1337431.html\">radiology error<\/a> that ultimately led to Bialas&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_wrongful_death_lawsui_1\/#more-372\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A $4.5 million settlement was reached between Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center and the family of a man who died after his bladder ruptured at the Chicago hospital. The claims in the wrongful death case of The Estate of Krzysztof Bialas v. 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