{"id":968,"date":"2019-01-16T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T16:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/?p=968"},"modified":"2019-10-21T05:33:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T10:33:30","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-affirms-new-trial-in-wrongful-death-case-against-nursing-home-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-new-trial-in-wrongful-death-case-against-nursing-home-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Affirms New Trial in Wrongful Death Case Against Nursing Home Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court has affirmed a request for a new trial in the wrongful death case against a nursing home where a doctor failed to recognize and diagnose the symptoms of a pulmonary embolism.<\/p>\n<p>The case arose from Mary Sikora\u2019s request for a new trial. She claimed that the nursing home doctor did not realize that the symptoms experienced by her late husband, Chris Sikora, were caused by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/pulmonary-embolism\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20354647\">pulmonary embolism<\/a>, not bacterial pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois Appellate Court was split on whether a Golden Rule argument asking the jurors to view the situation from the perspective of the defendant was merely \u201ctechnically improper\u201d or should be treated as \u201cnever appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-new-trial-in-wrongful-death-case-against-nursing-home-doctor\/#more-968\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court has affirmed a request for a new trial in the wrongful death case against a nursing home where a doctor failed to recognize and diagnose the symptoms of a pulmonary embolism. 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