Thirty-six year old woman requires lifelong 24-hour care and ongoing therapeutic interventions due to Chicagoland hospital and doctors’ failure to timely diagnose and treat stroke.

A settlement of $11 million was obtained for a Dupage County single working mother of two boys, ages 17 and 15, due to the failure of Chicagoland hospital and doctors to diagnose and treat stroke. The 36 year old Plaintiff was transported by ambulance on April 20, 2016 to the Chicagoland hospital within 30 minutes of stroke onset.

Read more: David A. Axelrod & Associates, P.C. Recovers $11M in Medical Malpractice Case for Failure to...

Often, those who have sustained an injury can suffer more than just physical harm. Mental pain and suffering in connection with a harm, is a proper element of damages where it is the natural and proximate consequence of the injury. The applicable jury instruction for emotional distress in civil cases can be located in the Illinois Jury Pattern Instructions, Civil 30.05.01 (I.P.I. 30.05.01). It states “Measure of Damages – Emotional Distress – Past and Future. The emotional distress experienced [and reasonably certain to be experienced in the future.]”

Read more: Separately Compensable Damages for Emotional Distress in Illinois Tort Cases

Julian Bailes, M.D., a local researcher and physician at Evanston’s NorthShore University HealthSystem, believes he has, alongside a team of researchers including Bennet Omalu, M.D. (portrayed by Will Smith in the 2015 biopic, Concussion), identified signs of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in medical imaging scans of living patients.  The recent findings center around a study of former NFL players that was conducted by the research team in 2013. 

Read more: Latest CTE Research Findings

The Appellate Court for the 4th District of Illinois has upheld a Plaintiff’s right to recover the full cost of his medical bills regardless of any write-offs made by the medical provider. “A state appeals panel has ruled that jury awards for medical bills in injury cases cannot be reduced to account for the amount

Read more: Plaintiff’s right to recover damages upheld

Publication: Cook County Jury Verdict Reporter
Published: 3/27/2015
(GGG 23/1) MEDICAL MALPRACTICE--KNEE REPLACEMENT COMPLICATIONS LEAD TO DROP FOOT (12M)

Celeste Trevino, Ignacio Trevino v Dr. Mitchell Sheinkop, Dr. Michael Lee, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Neurologic & Orthopedic Institute of Chicago 09L-10604 Tried Jan. 2-22, 2015

Read more: Knee Replacement Complications Leads to Drop Foot ($12M)