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NOT GUILTY – FAILURE TO PREVENT SECOND STROKE WHILE HOSPITALIZED

Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois Counsel: Patricia J. Barker and Jennifer M. Suttle Demand: $3,000,000 Asked: $12.2 million Outcome: Not Guilty On December 3, 2013, Plaintiff, age 76, presented to the emergency room after suffering a “wake-up” stroke. She was admitted to the hospital but was not administered tPA because of the unknown timing […]

Not Guilty For Alleged Failure to Diagnose and Treat HIV

Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois Counsel: Scott Irvin and David Kalimuthu Demand: $3.5 million Asked: $5.3 million Outcome: Not Guilty as to our Defendant Hematologist/Oncologist Plaintiff was admitted to the hospital on May 8, 2011, for various symptoms, including fever, repeated falls, foot drop, episodic dysphasia, and pancytopenia. She was diagnosed by a rheumatologist […]