E. v. A Community Hospital

(2020) Medical Malpractice: Thirty-four-year-old female presented to hospital for an elective laparoscopic hysterectomy. During the procedure, the iliac vein was injured during entry of the initial trocar, which resulted in major bleeding. Resuscitation was delayed. Due to lack of mass transfusion protocol, lack of blood products, surgical access, power infusion devices, and surgical repair, death occurred intraoperatively. She is survived by her husband and daughter. Co-counsel with Kathryn Conway.

H. v. Galen Hospital, et al.

(2002) Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death. H. was 17 years old at the time of her death, she left surviving one daughter who was 2 months old at the time of her death. Dr. Rajasekhar, who was a general pediatrician, was negligent and deviated from the standard of care in failing to treat H. for Long Q.T. Syndrome. Dr. Rajasekhar first treated H. in March of 1989. She continued to treat her until the time of her death on December 15, 1990. Specifically, Dr. Rajasekhar failed to treat H. for the cardiac condition, Long Q.T. Syndrome. Dr. Rajasekhar failed to prescribe and maintain Lakisha on anti-arrhythmic medication; failed to hospitalize H. for her cardiac condition; and failed to order timely and appropriate diagnostic studies. It should be noted that Dr. Rajasekhar knew that H.’s elder brother died on December 15, 1990 of a suspected cardiac condition. Dr. Rajasekhar also treated H.’s younger brother, who passed away on November 6, 1993 at the age of 10.

Case Name not disclosed per order of Court.

(1997) Premises liability. A 35 year old husband and father of one child, died as a result of smoke inhalation in a fire at 6531 S. Lowe Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The fire started in an accumulation of trash in the garbage chute room.

P.P. on behalf of L.T. v. City of Chicago

L.T. was returning home from picking up lunch for her two young children when she was struck and killed by a vehicle that had fled from a traffic stop and was involved in a collision while being chased by Chicago Police Officers.  The vehicle was initially stopped for its failure to have a license plate affixed to its front, and the Officer’s General Orders prohibited them from chasing the vehicle after it fled the stop.  The chase itself unfolded over 3 city blocks, and the defense contended that due to its short duration, the city should not be held liable for L.T.’s death. Larry and James were able to establish that the General Orders prohibit chasing under these circumstances and that the duration of the pursuit is insignificant because the officers knew or should have known that their pursuit encourages reckless driving.  After initially refusing to settle the case, the parties were able to reach a $4,500,000 settlement just before the start of opening statements.

W.S.T., Individually, and as Independent Administrator of the Estate of M.C.T., Deceased v. County of Cook, et al.

(2018) Medical Malpractice: On September 29, 2011, 31-year-old female underwent an effort to remove her left lower wisdom tooth in an operating room at Cook County Hospital. During the procedure, she experienced catastrophic exsanguination due to a laryngoscope blade being passed into her airway and impaling a known congenital vascular malformation on the right side of her mouth by the anesthesia service after oral surgery incised her gum line. This resulted in her death. She was survived by her parents and five siblings.

Result: $4,500,000.00

LT, individually and as Independent Executor of the Estate of GT, deceased v. Rush University Medical Center

(2014) Medical Malpractice: Healthcare practitioners failed to provide 58 year old male with appropriate Coumadin dosing instructions at discharge following an ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation leading to a cardioembolic stroke and his death two months later. The dosing instructions provided included lesser than normal weekly Coumadin dosing and other errors. The decedent is survived by his wife and two adult daughters.

Result: $4,500,000.00

MG, Independent Administrator of the Estate of MG, Deceased v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, et al.

(2010) Medical Malpractice: 47 year old female underwent a cervical epidural injection performed at Rush University Medical Center by a pain specialist. Prior to the injection she received sedation which should have allowed her to experience pain if her spinal cord was compressed by the epidural needle. After the injection she was rendered a quadriplegic due to an intra-cord injection of medication during the epidural. The failure of the anesthesia team to ensure a safe level of sedation for the injection resulted in her neurologic injuries. MG passed away of asthma three years later – May 2, 2007. She is survived by her adult daughter.

Result: $4,500,000.00

Mother had uncomplicated prenatal course, and reaching full-term, baby. was born severely depressed and soon after birth was diagnosed with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and profound brain damage.  E.B. lived with profound and extensive physical and mental injuries up to his death on September 11, 2019, at the age of 13 ½ months.

P. v. MacNeal, et al.

(2011) Medical Negligence: A woman underwent bariatric surgery for weight loss. Following the procedure, her clinician failed to identify signs and symptoms of infection associated with a failed anastomosis. The Plaintiff almost died as a result of developing sepsis but recovered with minimal mental deficits following exploratory surgery and repair of the gastric leak. Lead Counsel, Larry R. Rogers, Jr.

Estate of M.G. v. CTA, 10 L 11637 (2015 – Cook County)

The Decedent was attempting to cross the street when she was struck by a left-turning CTA bus and ultimately run over by its rear tires. Defendants contended that Decedent was distracted and on her phone at the time of the collision. Initially, the CPD and CTA believed another vehicle was involved in the collision and that Decedent was struck by that vehicle and somehow forced under the bus as she was crossing the street on the east side of the bus’ turn. Through the use of video from a CPD camera, video from the rear of the CTA bus, and reconstruction efforts, Plaintiffs’ counsel determined that no other car was involved in the collision and that Decedent had actually been on the west side of the bus as it was making its turn, and was struck due to the phenomenon of off-tracking. Decedent was a mother of two, and was separated from her husband, the father of her first child, and living with her boyfriend, the father of her younger child. Co-counsel Thomas M. Power.