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On Thursday afternoon, June 4, 2015, a 35-year-old man identified in court papers as “John Anonymous” reached a settlement of his case against Northwestern Faculty Foundation arising out of the destruction of the sperm he banked at Northwestern. The injured party was diagnosed in 2011 with testicular cancer and, on the advice of his…

Michael Gill settled a diving case on behalf of a 12-year-old girl who dove into an above ground pool at a classmate’s birthday party and fractured her cervical spine. Plaintiff filed suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, but was transferred to DeKalb County – 2013 IL App (1st) 130652. The case settled…

A woman has sued three doctors and a hospital in another state after misdiagnoses of her medical condition. Illinois patients may be interested in the details of the alleged medical malpractice by misdiagnoses. The incidents happened in 2012, and the lawsuit was filed this past April. The woman says she entered the emergency room…

A jury in a state outside of Illinois recently awarded a woman $23 million. The lawsuit originated from a claim of medical malpractice due to her daughter’s birth injuries from alleged mistakes that occurred during an extremely premature birth. The child not only suffered from severe brain damage but also cerebral palsy.  The verdict from April…

The announcement yesterday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the massive expansion of the Takata airbag recall has hundreds of thousands of car owners racing to the website to check whether their vehicles are affected by the largest consumer product recall in U.S. history.  NHTSA is warning visitors to its site that…

Changes to Illinois law could affect the amount that could be awarded in cases of hospital negligence. These changes are being considered by legislators and will be voted on in the future. However, in the meantime, victims of hospital negligence and other types of medical malpractice are stepping forward to discuss how their lives have changed…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that Japanese supplier, Takata, will expand its recall of defective airbag inflators to include nearly 34 million vehicles, making it one of the largest recalls of any consumer product in United States history (via CNN). To date, at least six deaths and hundreds of injuries…

When a doctor makes mistakes, it can alter the life of a patient for week, months or even years. Sometimes, this constitutes medical malpractice, which can be filed against a doctor or a medical facility that played a role in the mistake. Recently, a 52-year-old woman filed a suit against two Illinois doctors whose…

Regrettably, lack of appropriate care causes adverse outcomes for many patients who visit Illinois hospitals. This is usually caused by understaffing and hospital negligence. In one such case, a woman who was suffering a heart attack died while she was in the emergency room. The family filed a lawsuit alleging that the staff failed…

Diagnosis errors often result in more injuries and sometimes death. Illinois patients and families who were affected by these types of mistakes often seek legal recourse for their damages. A doctor’s office was ordered to pay a stroke victim over $7 million for failure to diagnose. The man had high blood pressure, which resulted…