Medical Malpractice

A 52-year-old man died from a pulmonary embolism after signs and symptoms were missed during a hospital admission.

A $5.59 million verdict was secured on behalf of a Plaintiff who was treated at a hospital with a stenting procedure following a heart attack. Shortly after this procedure, Plaintiff developed clotting and blockage to the artery where the stent was placed, causing permanent heart damage and heart failure.

A $1.8M settlement secured on behalf of plaintiff who suffered permanent injuries after undergoing unnecessary and improperly performed spinal surgeries, which included removing excessive vertebral bone leading to spinal instability and leaving a surgical retractor in the patient’s back.

Following a two-week trial, Sarah King and Chuck Haskins, partners at Clifford Law Offices, along with Devin Piper, an associate at the firm, obtained a $6,841,000 verdict on behalf of a patient who sustained permanent, life-altering injuries due to a misdiagnosis.

A 68-year-old husband and father died due to medical negligence in the failure to review and work up abdominal echocardiogram findings.

A 30-year-old man who died due to medical negligence from failing to timely diagnose and treat a staph aureus surgical site infection after a back surgery. Infection progressed to staph aureus meningitis. Decedent left behind his parents and four siblings.

Joseph Murphy secured a $520,000 result on behalf of a minor whose appendix ruptured when a Chicago area hospital failed to diagnose an appendicitis.

A record $66 million judgement was obtained on behalf of a 39-year-old mother of four who bled to death following a negligent surgical procedure that went unnoticed. Read more here.

A 55-year-old male died of a pulmonary embolism due to DVT which developed after ankle surgery because no anticoagulants were prescribed.