Medical Malpractice

A wife and mother died as a result of untreated hypokalemia following a surgical procedure to remove her thyroid glands.

A 75-year-old man, with COVID-19 pneumonia and ventricular tachycardia, died due to the providers at an undisclosed hospital’s failure to properly work up and treat his cardiac condition prior to discharging him from said hospital.

A baby girl was delivered as a stillborn, via C-section, due to medical negligence in properly monitoring the baby’s heartbeat.

A woman suffered a stroke and died as a result of medical negligence in failing to timely diagnose a blood clot.

A newborn baby died shortly after birth due to failure to timely perform an emergency c-section

A minor girl’s leg was amputated due to an undiagnosed ischemic episode following an orthopedic surgery.

A 66-year-old woman suffered a ischemic stroke when she was improperly removed from her blood thinner prior to a lower extremity surgery.

Sarah F. King, partner at Clifford Law Offices, obtained a $1.6 million settlement with a Central Illinois physician and practice group on behalf of a 68-year-old man for an injury that allegedly occurred during surgery.

Clifford Law Offices received a $14.5M settlement for the family of a newborn who suffered permanent injuries, including a skull fracture and brain bleeding as a result of a vaginal forceps delivery.