{"id":407,"date":"2011-04-25T12:47:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T18:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2011\/04\/25\/cook_county_spinal_surgery_res_1\/"},"modified":"2016-07-07T16:29:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T21:29:01","slug":"cook_county_spinal_surgery_res_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/cook_county_spinal_surgery_res_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County Spinal Surgery Results in Permanent Quadriplegia &#8211; $18.75 Million Settlement Reached in Contreras v. Thorek Memorial Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A large settlement was reached in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1342715.html\">Cook County surgical error lawsuit<\/a> involving a corrective spinal surgery.  The medical malpractice arose as a result of improper monitoring during the patient&#8217;s post-operative care and poor communication between the nursing and medical staffs.  A settlement of $18.75 million was reached in <em>Francisco Contreras and Sandra Contreras v. Thorek Memorial Hospital, et al.<\/em>, No. 07 L 7771.<\/p>\n<p>The injured party, Francisco Contreras, required a spinal surgery as a result of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1342719.html\">work injury<\/a> he&#8217;d sustained about a year before.  While working at a Chicago Walgreens store, the 55 year-old injured his neck while removing a printer from a shelf.  In an attempt to cure the persistent neck pain that continued to radiated down Contreras left arm, his doctors recommended he undergo cervical disc surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Contreras presented to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorek.org\/\">Thorek Memorial Hospital<\/a> for that cervical disc surgery and hopefully cure the pain he&#8217;d been experiencing since his work injury.  By all accounts the surgery itself went very well and the operative notes indicated that Contreras was able to move both his arms and legs.  However, these positive signs did not continue &#8211; just forty-five minutes later the medical records indicated that Contreras&#8217;s motor functions were deteriorating.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/cook_county_spinal_surgery_res_1\/#more-407\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large settlement was reached in a Cook County surgical error lawsuit involving a corrective spinal surgery. The medical malpractice arose as a result of improper monitoring during the patient&#8217;s post-operative care and poor communication between the nursing and medical staffs. A settlement of $18.75 million was reached in Francisco Contreras and Sandra Contreras v. 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