JP, as Special Administrator of the Estate of CP, Deceased v. Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center

(2010) Medical Malpractice: 78 year old female presented to the emergency room for pulmonary concerns. Atrial fibrillation was found on a routine EKG and Heparin was started pursuant to a weight based nomogram. Due to over-anticoagulation as a result of a failure to follow a hospital protocol regarding the timing of Heparin administration in response to blood work, CP was over anticoagulated resulting in a brain bleed, neurologic impairment and her death approximately two months later. She was survived by her husband and five adult children.

Result: $1,000,000.00

KR as Special Administrator of the Estate of AB, Deceased v. David Ross, M.D.

(2009) Auto: 21 year old female (survived by parents and sister) died when the SUV she was driving was struck by a vehicle which had a green light as she made a left turn.

Result: $1,000,000.00

CK v. Rush University Medical Center, et al.

(2008) Medical Malpractice: 41 year old female underwent left-sided L4-L5 micro-endoscopic discectomy. The surgeons caused injury to her spinal cord resulting in drop foot on the left side and an inability to move toes on the right side with tingling and burning to the foot.

Result: $1,000,000.00

SM, as Successor Independent Administrator of the Estate of SMM, Deceased v. City of Chicago

(2004) Premises Liability: 28 year old single female was driving her vehicle southbound on Kedzie Avenue on January 31, 1997 when she struck a pothole which propelled her into oncoming traffic on the Kedzie Avenue Bridge near 75th Street. SM was killed instantaneously. The lawsuit claimed a failure by the City of Chicago to repair the pothole before the accident.

Result: $1,000,000.00

E.H, deceased v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Medical Malpractice settlement.  On April 29, 2018, the plaintiff, aged 70, presented to the E/R complaining of right hip pain. X-rays revealed possible calcifications within the soft tissues. A follow-up MRI revealed a mass within the right gluteus muscles. On July 1, 2019, she was diagnosed with Stage IV angiosarcoma. She underwent treatment but died from the disease on April 24, 2020. Allegedly, her physician was negligent in his care and treatment of her following her April 29, 2018, emergency department visit, which delayed her diagnosis, and allowed her disease to progress.  She died prematurely as a result of the delay in diagnosis.

B.S., Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of A.T, a Minor, and B.C. v. Complete Fleet Trailer Repair, Inc.

A motor vehicle accident which resulted in injuries to 3 Plaintiffs. B.S. was driving, A.T, a minor, and B.C. were passengers in her vehicle. Complete Fleet Trailer Repair, Inc.’s driver was traveling in the lane next to plaintiffs. The driver changed lanes to be traveling directly B.S’s vehicle. B.S’ vehicle had stopped, however, Complete Fleet Trailer Repair, Inc.’s driver was unable to hit his brakes prior to the collision with B.S’s vehicle. The driver was traveling approximately 40 miles per hour at the time of the collision. The minor suffered a traumatic brain injury, bilateral skull fracture, and cervical nerve root avulsion. B.C. suffered a traumatic brain injury, had a parietal subgaleal hematoma, and a disc protrusion. Defendants tendered policy limits for the injuries sustained in this action. Co-Counsel with Larry R. Rogers.

A.S. v. A Local Community Clinic

Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death: 51-year-old female went to a Local Community Clinic which dispensed over-the-counter dietary supplements containing concentrated green tea extract. Plaintiff’s experts believe that a physician’s office should not be dispensing dietary supplements without explaining the risks involved to consumers/customers. Over the course of a few months with additional visits to the clinic for these dietary products, liver failure resulted in hospitalization, hospice care, and her death. Plaintiff’s decedent did not fit criteria for organ transplantation. The clinic had $1 million of insurance. Dietary supplements are not subject oversight by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. Survived by two adult children and her husband. Co-counsel with Joseph W. Balesteri.

(2016) Nursing Home Negligence: 64 year old male passed away on June 14, 2014, after staff at a long-term care facility failed to provide him with Klonopin medication that had been prescribed to prevent him from experiencing seizures. No Klonopin was given to Mr. Mayfield from March 19, 2014 through March 24, 2014 when he suffered a seizure requiring his hospitalization at Ingalls Memorial Hospital from March 24 through April 8, 2014. Thereafter, he was transferred to Ingalls Hospice where he remained, mostly unresponsive, until his death on June 14, 2014. Decedent was survived by two sisters, who were found to be his dependents.

John Doe, a disabled person, by and through his parents Jane Doe and John Doe II, v. The Board of Education of the City of Chicago (Cook County)

Sexual assault settlement.  John Doe was a disabled minor in the cluster program at Chicago Public School’s Bogan Technical High School. He has had an IEP since he was in preschool at CPS. According to John Does’ IEP, he required a paraprofessional, among other things, to supervise while transitioning throughout the building, to and from all specials, lunch, on and off the bus, and in the bathroom. Student A was another cognitively disabled minor in the cluster program at Bogan High School. CPS knew that Student A had an IEP, a functional behavior assessment, and a behavior intervention plan that addressed, among other things, his significantly maladaptive behaviors, violent behavior including physical and verbal aggression toward others, anger control, and inappropriate sexual behaviors. CPS was aware that Student A was a danger to himself and others as it was documented in Student A’s IEP. Prior to attending Bogan, Student A required a one-on-one dedicated paraprofessional aide. While at another CPS school, Student A was found in a bathroom stall with two other students from the cluster program and according to CPS’ documents a Safety Plan was developed for him. The staff involved in this bathroom incident were very concerned that the dedicated aide for Student A was not in place and may have been a contributing factor. The staff said this needed to be addressed to deter from any future occurrence. Despite this, at Bogan Student A was not given a one-on-one dedicated aide. In June of 2016, another disabled student in the cluster program at Bogan reported being sexually assaulted on more than one occasion in the bathroom at Bogan by Student A. The administration was aware of these allegations and did nothing to protect other students. Student A was not given a dedicated aide and his teachers and aides in his classroom were not advised that there were allegations that he sexually assaulted another student. Bogan and CPS did not implement a Safety Plan for Student A to prevent this from happening to another student. Student A continued to be a student at Bogan and was not provided with a dedicated aide for the 2016-2017 school year, despite these allegations and ongoing behavioral and disciplinary infractions. On February 8, 2017, John Doe’s bus was late bringing him home from school. Upon arriving home, he was agitated and kept hitting himself saying he hurt me. Upon inquiry by his mother, he advised that Student A sexually and physically assaulted him.

Co-counsel with Larry R. Rogers, Jr.

Roberts v. Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, et al., 12 L 2978

Medical malpractice settlement.  On May 27, 2011. Plaintiff Roberts, a 68 year old woman, was admitted to Crestwood Care Centre for rehabilitation following a successful above the knee amputation on her right leg at Little Company of Mary Hospital. On June 7, 2011 Plaintiff appeared “gray” in color and was “cold” to the touch. A Nurse Practitioner for Crestwood instructed a nurse from Crestwood to call for an ambulance to take Plaintiff back to Little Company of Mary Hospital. Plaintiff alleged Ms. Roberts was not properly monitored during transport; the paramedics took an unreasonable amount of time to transport a woman who had an acute change in mental status and abnormal vital signs; and the paramedics should have taken her emergently to the better and closer hospital. Plaintiff further alleged that the paramedics altered Mrs. Roberts ambulance run report, even two days after her death.