Illinois Malpractice Verdicts | Malpractice Settlement Value

2020 – Illinois

30-year-old woman presented to the hospital with chest pain. She diagnosed with microscopic hematuria based on a urine test and sent her home with medication. Five days later, the chest pain and tachycardia came back and she was given different medication without further testing. Nineteen days later she died of a rare blood clot disorder (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura). Her estate alleged that both medical providers failed to order several tests that would have diagnosed her condition early enough to prevent her death.

$2,375,000 Settlement

2020 – Illinois

Paint management doctor was accused of negligently administering a steroid injection in a patient’s neck. The injection punctured the dural and ultimately caused the patient’s death. The defense argued that there was no evidence of causation.

$734,000 Verdict

2020 – Illinois

Plaintiff suffered rhabdomyolysis (a rare condition that causes muscle breakdown) from interaction between 2 different cholesterol drugs. She sued the doctor for negligent prescribing and Walgreens for negligently dispensing.

$600,906 Verdict

2019 – Illinois

Decedent, female in her early 70s, went to ER with symptoms of pneumonia. Radiologist noted a potentially cancerous “abnormality” on the chest x-ray, but no evidence of pneumonia so she was sent home. A year later she was diagnosed with lung cancer, but by then it was already terminal and she died soon after. Her estate sued the doctors for failing to diagnose her cancer at the ER visit.

$12,000,000 Verdict

2018 – Illinois

Woman came to the hospital at 37 weeks pregnant after her water broke. Fetal heart strips showing warning signs, but her OB/GYN sent her home after only talking to her on the phone. 4 days later she was rushed back for an emergency C-section. Her son suffered oxygen deprivation and was diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy.

$48,195,000 Settlement

2017 – Illinois

A woman underwent cataract surgery. She suffered a left eye injury when it leaked after the hospital staff removed her stitches. The woman sued her ophthalmologist for prematurely removing her stitches. The ophthalmologist admitted negligence but denied the extent of the injury.

$800,000 Verdict

2016 – Illinois

A 36-year-old woman died of cardiac arrest after surgeon negligently cut an artery during a hysterectomy procedure. Warning signs of internal bleeding were not discovered until it was too late.

$5,008,921 Verdict

2015 – Illinois

A 63-year-old man was admitted to the psychiatric ward of hospital after pill overdose. Two days later, he found a knife and stabbed himself causing permanent brain damage from blood loss. He sued the hospital for failing to take adequate measures to protect him.

$4,200,000 Verdict

2014 – Illinois

A 35-year-old woman is recovering from a tracheostomy procedure. A nurse dislodged her trachea tube while giving her a bath, causing acidosis, brain damage, and cardiac arrest. The patient later died as a result of the botched bed-bath.

$3,000,000 Settlement

2014 – Illinois

Patient suffers a fatal pulmonary embolism shortly after undergoing a hysterectomy procedure. Her family sues for wrongful death alleging the doctors failed to recognize the symptoms of the blood clot and take preventive measure. The defense argued that the decedent made the blood clot more likely by refusing a blood transfusion on religious grounds.

$2,747,768 Verdict

2014 – Illinois

Oral surgeon slices patient’s nerve during a dental implant procedure. She sues the oral surgeon alleging that the implant was negligently placed too low in her jaw, which resulted from sloppy pre-operation prep.

$85,000 Settlement