Medical Malpractice

A 69-year-old man died due to negligent delay in diagnosing and treating complications of cardiac catheterization procedure, leaving a widow and 4 adult children.

A wound sponge was left in a woman following a C-section that led to pain and a removal surgery that resulted in scarring and weeks of further wound care.

A 74-year-old man suffered permanent retina damage and visual loss in one eye due to a delayed diagnosis by the optometrist.

Sarah F. King and Keith A. Hebeisen obtained a $1.5M total settlement with a central Illinois physician group and hospital on behalf of a family of a twin baby that died shortly after birth as a result of a failure to monitor the baby’s heart rate, delayed delivery and a resulting hypoxic ischemic brain injury.

A 64-year-old man died due to the failure to timely recognize and treat postoperative hypoxia following lumbar fusion surgery.

Clifford Law Offices received a $27M settlement for the family of a newborn who suffered permanent injuries, including a skull fracture and brain bleeding, during an emergency C-section delivery.

Loss of baby at 41 weeks due to alleged negligent prenatal care.

59-year-old woman suffers from Locked-In Syndrome as a result of negligent treatment by a resident physician and local Chicagoland area hospital’s failure to timely recognize and treat a stroke.

A settlement was obtained on behalf of a 42-year-old man and his spouse for a radiologist’s alleged failure to diagnose a brain aneurysm in 2015. Thereafter, the man suffered a ruptured aneurysm, required multiple hospitalizations, and because of his condition, can no longer work.