$5 Million Dollar Maternal Death Settlement
On November 12, 2009, a 31 year old woman, 38 weeks pregnant, was rushed to the emergency room at Highland Park Hospital with abdominal pain and her child was delivered unharmed, but a volume of blood …
Family Settles Wrongful Death Case for $1.75 Million
In the Estate of John Doe v. ABC Company, plaintiff’s decedent sustained fatal injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident, resulting in a settlement in the amount of $1.75 million. Robert J. …
$1.5 Million Settlement of Truck Driver Crushed by Falling Pallet Racks
A settlement in the amount of $1,500,000 was reached on behalf of the widow of a truck driver who was crushed to death by falling pallet racks.
$1,350,000.00 Settlement for Death of Six Day Old Boy
On January 27, 2010 Judge William Maddux approved a 1.35 million dollar settlement agreed upon prior to a lawsuit being filed for the death of a six day old boy whose death was caused by the failure …
Wrongful Death of 86 Year Old Widow Settles for $1.1 Million
On December 23, 2007, Sigismunda Rizzo, age 86, walked across the street to her neighbor’s house to deliver a tray of Christmas cookies. On her way back from her neighbor’s house she was struck by a …
$1,540,000 Malpractice Award for Family of Former NBC5 Sportscaster, Darrian Chapman
The family of a sportscaster who died of a heart problem after his doctor allegedly failed to perform tests has settled his lawsuit against the doctor and the hospital where the doctor’s office was …
$1 MILLION AWARD IN MELANOMA CASE
Lawyers for St. James Hospital and Medical Center and the family of a man who died 12 years after the hospital allegedly failed to detect a malignant skin lesion have settled a wrongful-death lawsuit …
FAMILY TO RECEIVE $2,250,000 IN MALPRACTICE SETTLEMENT
We won a $2.25 million settlement on behalf of a 40-year-old man who died of a heart attack hours after he allegedly was examined and released by a doctor. On September 5, 2002 , a suburban Chicago …
HEART PATIENT’S SURVIVORS GET $2.7 MILLION FROM JURY
A Cook County Circuit Court jury has awarded $2.7 million to the family of a Midlothian man after finding that his 2002 death from heart disease resulted, in part, from medical negligence. The jury …
$3 MILLION MALPRACTICE AWARD
On January 28, 2003, Judge Mary Mulhern approved a $3 million dollar settlement on behalf of the Estate Richard Hoselton against Dr. Rodolfo Mejicano. Dr. Mejicano allegedly failed to diagnose and …
CICERO WOMAN WINS $1.8 MILLION DOLLAR AWARD
MacNeal Memorial Hospital has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit alleging that nurses failed to monitor a 69-year-old patient after total knee replacement surgery. Cook …
FAILURE TO DIAGNOSE PULMONARY EMBOLISM RESULTS IN $1,375,000 AWARD
Cook County Circuit Judge William D. Maddux approved a settlement of nearly $1.4 million in a wrongful-death case involving a 35-year-old woman who died of a pulmonary embolism, apparently after being …