{"id":423,"date":"2011-10-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2011\/10\/25\/jury_verdict_for_doctor_plaint\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:09:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:09:43","slug":"jury_verdict_for_doctor_plaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/jury_verdict_for_doctor_plaint\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury Verdict for Doctor, Plaintiff Fails to Prove Misdiagnosed Heart Infection &#8211; Monahan v. Dr. Joseph Giordano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is an old saying that hindsight is always twenty-twenty, i.e., we can always see something coming after the fact.  When it comes to medical cases, it is often easy to see the signs and symptoms of a disease after it has run its course.  However, diagnosing a disease in its early stages is not always easy; medicine is not a perfect science and doctors can&#8217;t always diagnose the problem.  Therefore, in order to prove that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/\">doctor negligently failed to diagnose a disease<\/a>, a patient needs to prove that the doctor should have been able to diagnose the problem, but chose not to.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/\">Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit<\/a> of <em>Zachary Monahan v. Joseph Giordano, D.O., Edward Health Services d\/b\/a Edward Medical Group<\/em>, Case No. 07 L 563 (Will County), the plaintiff alleged that his doctor chose not to diagnose his heart disease.  However, the WIll County jury disagreed and found the doctor not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary Monahan had presented to Dr. Giordano, his primary care physician, for several office visits between April and May 2001.  During the course of those visits, Monahan continued to complain of a persistent fever, night sweats, and muscle aches.  While Dr. Giordano conducted several tests during that time, it was not until Monahan&#8217;s final office visit on May 12, 2001 that Dr. Giordano chose to order a<a href=\"http:\/\/labtestsonline.org\/understanding\/analytes\/blood-culture\/tab\/test\"> blood culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The blood culture results showed that Monahan had a blood-born infection.  Due to the serious nature of these results Monahan was immediately notified and admitted to Edward Hospital to begin intravenous antibiotics.  The cause of his infection was then diagnosed as bacterial endocarditis, an infection of the lining within the heart&#8217;s chambers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/jury_verdict_for_doctor_plaint\/#more-423\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an old saying that hindsight is always twenty-twenty, i.e., we can always see something coming after the fact. When it comes to medical cases, it is often easy to see the signs and symptoms of a disease after it has run its course. 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