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 […]
Read MoreCircuit 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 […]
Read MoreCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Counsel: Anne Kuban & Jennifer Suttle Demand: $2.75 million Asked: $10.3 million Outcome: Not Guilty Plaintiff presented to defendant hospital and co-defendant interventional cardiologist for a cardiac catheterization in December 2006 due to long standing cardiac disease. As the catheterization procedure was concluding, Plaintiff exhibited signs of a middle […]
Read MoreCircuit Court of Cook County, Illinois Counsel: Anne Scrivner Kuban and Elizabeth Jaci Demand: $750,000 Asked: $3.3 million Outcome: Not Guilty Plaintiff was the decedent’s estranged wife. The decedent (M-51) was 420 pounds with a BMI of 55 when he entered the hospital for gastric bypass surgery. His co-morbidities included diabetes, congestive heart failure, a […]
Read MoreCircuit 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 […]
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