Case Results

Wrongful death following an anticoagulant dosing error that caused over-anticoagulation, intracerebral hemorrhage, and death.

Wrongful death following administration of an excessive dose of opioid pain medication and inadequate monitoring of vital signs, resulting in respiratory depression.

Loss of function in one kidney due to physicians’ failure to diagnose and treat kidney stones.

Wrongful death following an intraoperative bowel perforation that went undiagnosed postoperatively, resulting in sepsis. The defense disputed the timing of diagnosis and treatment and argued perforation was a known procedural risk.

Wrongful death from a pulmonary embolism after a physician failed to order appropriate anticoagulation before and after surgery.

Back and wrist injuries sustained by a forklift driver when the support legs of a parked semi-trailer collapsed during loading.

Recovery for a 75-year-old man who sustained neck and shoulder injuries in a rear-end collision.

Recovery for an 83-year-old man who sustained neck and shoulder injuries in a rear-end collision.

A 74-year-old man suffered a perforated appendix after appendicitis was not diagnosed in the emergency department; subsequent surgery removed portions of the small and large intestine, including the ileocecal valve.

Settlement for a woman injured after being struck by a pickup truck pulling a trailer. Despite the defendant’s denial of liability, limited testimony supporting the plaintiff’s version of the accident, and litigation in a conservative Central Illinois county, our firm successfully negotiated a $575,000 settlement.

Wrongful death of a man with schizophrenia following failure to diagnose and treat diabetic ketoacidosis.

A woman misdiagnosed with malignant melanoma underwent unnecessary lymph node removal surgery and developed lymphedema in one leg.

Ulnar nerve injury caused by an error in surgical positioning.

Settlement arising from the death of a 22-year-old passenger killed in a collision caused by an intoxicated, speeding driver. Despite the driver’s $100,000/$300,000 automobile liability limits, our firm successfully pursued coverage under the family’s $1 million umbrella policy, securing a $433,333 recovery for the decedent’s family from insurance proceeds shared among multiple wrongful death claimants.

Wrongful death of an 84-year-old woman following a perforated trachea during a transesophageal echocardiogram. The defense denied negligence and disputed causation and life expectancy based on other medical conditions.

Wrongful death following failure to diagnose and treat a vegetation on the aortic valve, resulting in endocarditis. The defense denied negligence and cited cancer and other medical conditions in disputing causation and life expectancy.

An elderly man required additional surgery to remove a surgical sponge left in his abdomen during a prior procedure.

Pelvic fracture sustained by a motorcyclist when a vehicle failed to yield while making a left turn.

Loss of a testicle following failure to diagnose and treat testicular torsion in a timely manner.

Torn rotator cuff following a rear-end automobile collision.

Calcaneus (heel) fracture following an automobile collision.

Talar dome (ankle) fracture following an automobile collision.

Torn rotator cuff sustained by an off-duty police officer in an automobile collision.

Lumbar vertebral fracture and additional soft-tissue injuries following an automobile collision.

Wrist and finger injuries following an automobile collision.

Torn rotator cuff following a rear-end automobile collision.

Neck and back soft-tissue injuries sustained by a girl in an automobile collision.