Medical Malpractice

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.

A 68-year-old patient received emergent care for a suspected and developing pulmonary embolism. The plaintiff collapsed at home 36 hours after leaving the Chicagoland hospital which led to Plaintiff sustaining a non-fatal saddle pulmonary embolism that caused cardiac strain, a minor stroke, permanent shortness of breath.

A baby sustained brain injuries resulting in cerebral palsy and cognitive deficits due to the failure to perform a timely C-section delivery.

A 76 year old woman died after a hip surgery from receiving a blood transfusion with the wrong blood type.

A 53-year-old woman was misdiagnosed with gout by her primary care physician who negligently prescribed Allopurinol. Her primary care physician failed to discontinue the Allopurinol when she started to experience side effects. She suffered permanent visual loss.

A man died during a cardiac stress test from critical aortic stenosis.

A woman died  shortly after delivering twins for a failure to timely diagnose and treat Ogilvie’s Syndrome.

Keith A. Hebeisen, Sarah F. King and Joseph T. Murphy obtained a verdict on behalf of a 49-year-old man whose right leg was amputated in September 2017 as a result of medical malpractice at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights. Click here to read more.