S.S., Individually and as Independent Administrator of the Estate of M.S., Deceased v. Advocate North Side health Network d/b/a Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Medical Malpractice: After receiving a history of a patient falling out of a cab going 25-35 miles an hour, hospital staff, including trauma, neurosurgeons and nurses, provided inpatient care to Decedent. On the sixth day of hospitalization, the neurosurgical service and the nursing staff failed to do timely neuro checks, obtain CT scanning, and failed to diagnose increasing intracranial pressure, which had occurred in a delayed fashion following head trauma. That resulted in brain stem herniation and death. The patient was 46 years old at the time of his passing. He is survived by his wife, who remarried prior to trial, and their two minor children. Lead counsel Joseph A. Power, Jr.

(2017) Medical Malpractice: 42 year old male underwent successful bilateral lung transplant on December 27, 2015. On January 11 and 12, 2016, while his tracheotomy tube was capped for the first time overnight, his vitals were inadequately monitored and he experienced respiratory arrest that led to cardiac arrest which resulted in his death on January 12, 2016. He is survived by his wife and 3 children.

W. v. University of Chicago Hospital

(2010) Medical malpractice/wrongful death. W. was admitted to University of Chicago Hospital with a history of shortness of breath and arterial flutter/fibrillation. He was status post-mitral valve replacement on October 2, 2006 for endocarditis. W. was admitted to a medical floor and medications were ordered to treat his cardiac arrhythmia, W. developed bradycardia and hypotension as a result of the medications ordered to treat his cardiac arrhythmia. As a result of the above treatment, W. arrested, was resuscitated, but arrested again and was unable to be resuscitated and expired.

R. v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

(1991) Medical malpractice. R. suffered hypoxia during delivery which went undetected due to physicians’ failure to properly monitor her mother’s labor. R. suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of the hypoxia.

In March 2007, Mr. Power obtained a $4,000,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 41-year-old man who was seriously injured when he fell approximately 25 feet to the ground while installing ductwork during a hospital renovation. Plaintiff suffered, among other things, a fractured skull, deep head lacerations resulting in indentation, permanent eye damage (severe double vision), permanent partial hearing loss, seizure disorder, permanent right arm weakness, short and long-term memory problems, and frontal lobe atrophy. Plaintiff is married with 3 children, two of whom are minors.

During August-September 2019, Plaintiff age 47, sought treatment from his PCP and two cardiologists for continuing cardiac symptoms. A stress test done on September 13 produced extremely abnormal results. However, the physicians failed to send the patient to the E/R for an immediate cardiac work-up. As a consequence, he developed ventricular fibrillation and died due to a cardiac event on September 25 (survived by his wife and two minor children). This settlement ties the prior reported Champaign County wrongful death “high.” (2021)

On May 23, 2014 a concrete slab being moved by a crane at a Chicago construction project fell on plaintiff ironworker, age 46, causing severe injuries that claimed his life hours later. (2016)

D. v. CTA.

(2011) Motor vehicle Collision: Plaintiff’s decedent was killed when a CTA bus failed to yield and made a left turn into a bus turnabout in front of the decedent as he operated his motorcycle northbound, allegedly at a high rate of speed. Lead Counsel, Larry R. Rogers, Jr.

LG, Individually and as Independent Administrator of the Estate of EG, Deceased v. Adventist LaGrange Memorial Hospital, et al.

(2014) Medical Malpractice: 38 year old male presented to the emergency room at Adventist LaGrange Memorial Hospital on April 9, 2008 complaining of a sore throat, elevated temperature, chills and muscle pains throughout his body. A flu swab returned negative but his throat was not checked for strep. He was discharged with instructions to return if symptoms worsened. He re-presented to Adventist LaGrange Memorial Hospital on April 11, 2008 when his condition did not improve. The decision to discharge him on April 9, without identifying a bacterial source for his presenting complaints and treating him with antibiotics in the face of abnormal kidney function on lab testing, led to worsening of his condition and the development of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome which took his life on April 12, 2008. EG was survived by his wife and son.

Result: $4,000,000.00

MG as Special Administrator of the Estate of JG, Deceased v. The University of Chicago Medical Center

(2009) Medical Malpractice: 3½ year old male presented to University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital with complaints of bloody diarrhea six to seven times a day since the end of November 2007. An av malformation was identified at the jejunum/ileum following an exploratory laparoscopy and double balloon enteroscopy. The bowel was resected, however, six days later, during the admission, arm and leg ecchymoses developed, tachycardia, restlessness and discomfort in and around the abdomen. Eventually, the abdomen became firm and distended, a Code resulted and death occurred in the very early morning hours of December 17th. Plaintiff alleged a failure to identify post-operative bleeding and a failure to rectify residual av malformation at or near the site of the resection six days earlier.

Result: $4,000,000.00