$53M Birth Injury Verdict Largest Ever in Chicago
In what is believed to be the largest jury verdict ever awarded in Cook County, Illinois, for a birth injury case, a Chicago...
Over $160M in Medical Malpractice Claims Paid Out by Just Two Chicago Hospitals
One recent study found that over 250,000 people die every year in America from avoidable medical mistakes. But the vast majority of these...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Son Shows the True “Cost” of a Birth Defect
TV host Jimmy Kimmel’s son, William, was born on April 21st, 2017. But soon after birth, the baby boy started to turn blue....
2017 Chicagoland Scholarship Celebrates 7 Finalists
The Sexner Injury Lawyers LLC 2017 Chicagoland Scholarship was created to help Chicago-area students pay for the costs associated with secondary education. As...
Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed Over Cat Bite ER Treatment
There is a saying that no good deed goes unpunished. A woman in Michigan learned this the hard way when she agreed to...
Unsanitary Hospital Conditions Result in Wrongful Deaths
Unfortunately, hospital patients sometimes die. Transplant recipients may die as a result of their underlying conditions while waiting for a suitable organ donation....
Patient Death Prompts Hospital to Change Policies
University Hospital has changed the way it deals with patients in its psychiatric unit who are aggressive. This change in policy was prompted...
Electrical Injuries - On the Job and Elsewhere
Recently, two men, who were electrical workers on a construction site in Lubbock, Texas, were accidentally exposed to live electrical wires while drilling...
Medical Instrument Manufacturer Blamed for Hospital Infections
Two patients infected with a strain of bacteria resistant to drugs (called a “superbug”) filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the scope...
$20 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement Includes Hospital’s Participation in Case Study
In an odd twist of events, a software designer who was injured at a hospital has settled his medical malpractice case for $20...
