Medical Malpractice

• Lap Band Procedure on Louisiana Child Causes Pancreatitis

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 15, 2007 6:32 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A young Louisiana child had lap band surgery to help her reduce her body weight. The obese child went into surgery on June 24, 2005 and had reoccurring complaints shortly after the surgery. She returned to Dr. Felix Spiegel's office on several occasions complaining of problems keeping certain foods down, abdominal pain and a choking sensation. The daughter of Warren and Melissa Strother was...

• Illinois Medical Malpractice Caps Soon To Be Challenged

  Jamie G. Goldstein | September 04, 2007 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Illinois passed medical malpractice legislation two years ago that limited the amount a person could recover for pain and suffering in a medical malpractice lawsuit. There have been no challenges to date because only cases filed since the change would be affected and most of these lawsuits have not gone to trial, but this is about to change. A lawsuit filed in Cook County by Jeffrey Goldberg...

• Northwestern Doctor Exposes Patients and Visitors to TB

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 21, 2009 6:44 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Over the past ten months, a doctor at Northwestern Hospital in Chicago has potentially exposed hundreds of patients and visitors, including infants and children to tuberculosis or TB. The...

• Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Not The Cause Of Rate Increases

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 01, 2007 9:26 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Doctors and tort reformers continue to wage a propaganda war about the cost of medical malpractice premiums increasing because of outrageous medical malpractice awards. The real reason premiums are on the rise in some states, however, is what they are hiding from you. Research shows that lawsuits and jury awards are not causing the premiums to rise.In New York recent headlines complained of...

• $3 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Paid

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 15, 2007 6:17 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Paul Montgomery had surgery on his legs in 1998, which was not done properly and caused him to lose a leg. Montgomery underwent femoral bypass surgery on his legs and afterward had repeated problems. His right leg eventually had to be amputated because of all the problems that were occurring. The jury found Montgomery's doctor, Dr. Mark McCoy, was negligent when he performed the surgery on...

• Stable Patients Dying in Hospitals

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 15, 2008 7:06 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  During a two year period from 2004 to 2006 it was reported that over 188,000 lives were lost due to what is called a "failure to rescue". A failure to rescue occurs when a patient dies in a hospital...

• Malpractice Award Cut Almost 75%

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 18, 2007 9:11 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Caleb Spence died one year after he was born due to complications that occurred during his birth. Caleb's doctor, Dr. Emerson R. Julian Jr. was found liable for causing Caleb brain damage at birth, which later led to complications and his death. A jury found for Caleb Spence's family and awarded them $8.1 million. However, the award was quickly cut to $2.1 million because of medical...

• Florida Family Awarded $21 Million in Wrongful Birth

  Jamie G. Goldstein | July 24, 2007 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A jury awarded a Florida couple $21 million after it found the doctor 90% negligent in misdiagnosing the child's birth defect. Dr. Boris Kousseff failed to diagnose Daniel and Amara Estrada's first son with a genetic disorder, Smith-Lemil-Opitz syndrome, which severely limits his ability to live a normal life. The doctor's failure to diagnose the first child caused him to tell the Estrada's...

• Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer Leads to Malpractice in Chicago

  Jamie G. Goldstein | December 14, 2007 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Two lawsuits have been filed against Stroger Hospital in Chicago, Illinois claiming the hospital failed to timely diagnose breast cancer. One woman, Bobbie Jean Melton, died from breast cancer earlier this year. Her cancer was not detected in a mammogram, and when it finally was detected it was stage four and had metastasized to her lungs and liver. Christine Moore also filed a claim against...

• Jury Awards $2.5 Million After Surgeon Botches Cyst Removal

  Jamie G. Goldstein | August 02, 2007 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  James Van Buren brought a lawsuit against his surgeon after his cyst removal surgery went very wrong. During the surgery, Dr. Sian Evans was attempting to drain the infected cyst and instead cut Van Buren's sphincter muscle. This caused Van Buren to lose control of his bowels.James Van Buren who is now 43 years old must wear diapers for the rest of his life as a result of the botched surgery. ...