Susan A. Capra

Negligent obstetric care at birth at a downstate hospital which resulted in the wrongful death of an infant at 1 day old.

Plaintiff died as a result of medical staff failing to properly diagnose and treat his coronary artery and ischemic cardiac disease.

A 63-year-old man suffers sepsis and other complications due to medical negligence during prostate surgery. He has a permanent colostomy.

Despite risk factors for coronary artery disease, a 56-year-old woman was taken to surgery for a hysterectomy without a pre-operative cardiac consultation. She died of a heart attack shortly after the surgery.

A 22-year-old man who underwent sinus surgery suffers from permanent double vision and a right eye that does not move. During surgery, his right orbital bone was fractured when the doctor entered the orbit with surgical instruments and damaged eye.

Due to the negligence of a midwife and Obstetrician at a Chicagoland Area Hospital, an infant died from severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Husband and father of two died as a result of doctor’s and physical therapist’s failure to recognize obvious signs and symptoms of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) which ultimately led to a fatal pulmonary embolism. Click here to read more about the case.

Failure to diagnose and treat stroke.

A 63-year-old man injured by negligent bowel surgery and post-operative care.