Medical Malpractice Case Results

• $6,000,000 recovery for the family of a woman whose OB-Gyne failed to tell her that her non-malignant left adnexal mass could one day develop into ovarian cancer so she could elect to have the mass removed.
• $5,500,000 in a medical malpractice case of a husband and father whose death was caused by a pulmonary embolism with non-specific symptoms.
• $5,000,000 verdict against a hospital and physician for improper intubation which resulted in hypoxia and cardiac arrest to a 14-year-old female who was the victim of a drive-by shooting.
• $4,600,000 policy and excess carrier settlement from a Chicago hospital for failing to monitor a five-year-old boy on a respirator following tracheotomy revision surgery.
• $4,500,000 settlement against a reproductive endocrinologist and fertility treatment center for not diagnosing adrenal cancer in a 19-year-old woman, which led to a delay of diagnosis and treatment.
• $2,900,000 settlement against an OB-Gyne and hospital for excess force (traction) applied during delivery of an infant which resulted in injury to her brachial plexus nerves causing nerve damage later repaired by surgery.
• $2,250,000 wrongful death settlement against a Chicago hospital for failure to prompt diagnose and treat an infection in a five-year-old boy who was recuperating from Leukemia. The family was told by a previous well-established attorney that the case would be too costly and difficult to win.
• $2,000,000 settlement against a chiropractic practice and an internist for not diagnosing spinal problems (cervical stenosis) that led to permanent paresthesia in a 45-year-old optician.
• $2,000,000 settlement against a hospital compensating for the death of a 62-year-old husband and father due to failure to diagnose fluid collecting in the sac around the heart, which resulted in cardiac compression.
• $1,950,000 settlement against an obstetrician-gynecologist who misdiagnosed the nature of an ovarian tumor.
• $1,100,000 settlement against a northwest suburban municipality for its paramedics’ improper respiratory care, which caused a 55-year-old asthmatic woman’s respiratory disease to worsen.
• $1,005,000 verdict against an obstetrician-gynecologist for a newborn’s brachial plexus injuries who received later surgery to address her injuries.
• $975,000 medical malpractice settlement against a hospital for a 52-year-old woman who suffered right ulnar nerve injury during a cardiac ablation (Notably, this client requested representation after serving on one of Mr. Martin’s juries).
• $750,000 settlement against a downstate hospital for the death of an infant with cerebral palsy who died from neglect due to a lack of oxygen from an obstructed breathing tube.
• $650,000 settlement against emergency room physicians for not detecting the presence of air in the abdomen of a 66-year-old man who presented with complaints of difficulty in urinating and abdominal pain, with the delay in diagnosis causing fecal peritonitis and sepsis for which the patient required significant treatment.
• $607,500 settlement for a newborn girl whose little finger shriveled and fell off due to failure to treat inadequate blood flow.
• $500,000 settlement against a health club for a young woman whose previously operated-on lower back was injured by a personal trainer during a stretching movement, despite her having signed a membership agreement containing a release of liability provision.
• $490,600 verdict in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, against a physician who failed to diagnose a rare mesenteric cyst, which resulted in intestinal injuries to a 20-year-old female.
• $300,000 settlement for a young woman who suffered irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) after a laparoscopy.