Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Counsel: Anne Scrivner Kuban and Elizabeth Jaci Demand: $ 1.5 million Asked: $ 3.5- $4 million Outcome: Not Guilty Shortly after 4:30 a.m. on April 17, 1998 Plaintiff presented to the hospital with complaints of lower abdominal pain and fluid leakage. After ambulating for 1 hour and being monitored, […]
Read MoreCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Counsel: Anne Scrivner Kuban and Jennifer Suttle Demand: $1.4 million Asked: $600,000-$900,000 Outcome: Not Guilty On May 8, 2008, Plaintiff was instructed to present herself to Labor & Delivery for an induction of labor of her full term infant due to a non-reassuring stress test. Plaintiff appeared in Labor […]
Read MoreCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Counsel: Anne Kuban & Anne Phillips Demand: $150,000-$300,000 Asked: Same Outcome: Not Guilty Plaintiff presented to defendant dermatologist in September 2010 for a lesion on his nose. A biopsy confirmed basal cell carcinoma and an excision was scheduled. The excision was performed without complication. Plaintiff returned to the defendant […]
Read MoreUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Counsel: Steve Steinback and Chris Reeder Demand: $500,000 Asked: No figure presented Outcome: Not Guilty Plaintiff, age 28, presented to the hospital in a manic phase after not taking medication for bi-polar disease. Plaintiff spent the night in the emergency room awaiting placement. Plaintiff woke […]
Read MoreCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Counsel: Anne Scrivner Kuban and Krista Frick Demand: None Asked: $6.1 million Outcome: Not Guilty The decedent (M-25) was shot three times in the chest and neck area. He was taken to the hospital where he was admitted and monitored. A bronchoscopy and bronchial lavage were performed and a […]
Read MoreCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Counsel: Pat Barker and Tim Dobry Demand: None Asked: $3 Million Outcome: Not Guilty Plaintiffs’ decedent, a chronic smoker for fifty years, presented to Defendant medical clinic complaining of shortness of breath and coughing. The patient had a history of chronic bronchitis, emphysema, COPD and had part of her […]
Read MoreCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Counsel: Patricia J. Barker and Elizabeth E. Jaci Demand: $2 Million Asked: None Outcome: Summary judgment initially granted to Defendant hospital during motions in limine; trial judge reversed himself five months later. Case settled for hospital for $425,000. Death of 44 year old man due to alleged failure to […]
Read MoreCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Counsel: Chad M. Castro and Krista Frick Demand: None Asked: $2.5 million Outcome: Not Guilty On July 10, 2007, the decedent was brought by ambulance to the emergency room due to complaints of shortness of breath. The co-defendant ER physician read the chest x-ray and diagnosed respiratory failure secondary […]
Read MoreCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Counsel: Steven C. Steinback and Heather T. Gilbert Demand: $2 million Asked: $1.3 million Outcome: Not Guilty This case involved allegations of negligence during laparoscopic surgery performed by co-defendant physicians which purportedly resulted in a laceration to Plaintiffs sigmoid colon and the need for subsequent surgery to repair the […]
Read MoreCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Counsel: Steven C. Steinback and Heather T. Gilbert Demand: $1.2 million Asked: $2,181,740.00 Outcome: Not Guilty This case involved allegations of negligence in failing to diagnose and treat Plaintiff’s cardiomyopathy which resulted in stroke. Plaintiff recovered from the stroke, but had permanent disabilities with lost of motor and cognitive […]
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