Sarah F. King

Settlement for a 47-year-old patient who sustained permanent injury to his eyes during a hospitalization for unrelated surgery.

Settlement on behalf of the family of a 38-year-old mother who died after childbirth due to the medical team’s failure to recognize and treat on-going bleeding from a placental abruption.

Child sustains permanent brain injury due to lack of oxygen to his organs during labor and delivery. A brain MRI demonstrated evidence of a severe profound perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. He was diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy, has global disabilities including the inability to walk, motor and speech delays and cognitive impairment.

Death of a 23-month-old child as a result of the hospital and anesthesiologist's failure to cancel an ERCP procedure due to lack of adequate personnel or equipment to treat complications and a failure to properly run a pediatric code.

Husband and father suffered a debilitating stroke caused by a complete occlusion of the man's left internal carotid, which could have been prevented by recommended follow-up testing and surgical intervention.

Death of a husband and a father due to the negligence of a Northern Illinois Hospital and its physician's failure to diagnose and treat a pericardial effusion.

Death of an infant from a negligent amniotomy performed by the defense obstetrician causing abruption of the placenta and hemorrhage.

Death of an infant due to the hospital, nurse, and physician's failure to recognize fetal distress and perform a timely c-section.

Chicago hospital fails to timely diagnose and treat a 43-year-old woman for a bacterial infection that previous tests indicated was present, leading the patient to suffer a bacterial infection of the heart and embolic strokes.