A $5.75M settlement was obtained on behalf of a 39-year-old man who sustained permanent neurologic injuries to his leg following a failure to timely perform emergency spine surgery at a Chicago area hospital. The case underscores the serious consequences that can result from delays in critical medical care.
A $250,000 settlement was obtained on behalf of a 52-year-old woman who required surgical intervention for an aortic dissection that occurred nearly four months after a rear-end collision. The recovery represented the full limits of the defendant’s insurance policy.
A $1 million settlement was obtained on behalf of a 49-year-old woman following a failure to timely diagnose and treat melanoma on her arm. As a result of the delayed diagnosis, the cancer spread to a lymph node, requiring extensive surgery and leaving her with permanent disfigurement.
Settlement secured on behalf of a 58-year-old man with a history of Wegener’s granulomatosis, hypertension, prior pulmonary emboli, and an IVC filter, who was hospitalized with shortness of breath and atrial fibrillation and died of a saddle pulmonary embolus while pending discharge.
Clifford Law Offices obtained a $6.35 million verdict on behalf of a west suburban man who required a heart transplant after his coronary ischemia went undiagnosed for months.
A woman suffers from Wernicke’s encephalopathy due to a failure to diagnose and treat her. A simple supplementation with Vitamin B1 would have prevented permanent disability.
A 55-year-old woman sustained a choroidal rupture and traumatic optic neuropathy resulting in permanent vision impairment due to alleged intraoperative negligence.
A baby sustained permanent brain injury from lack of oxygen due to failure to perform a timely cesarean section.
A 60-year-old man underwent multiple surgeries to treat complication of necrotizing pancreatitis caused by negligence of surgeon failing to shrink a tumor before abdominal surgery.