$3.7 Million Cook County Jury Verdict in Med-Mal Case

November 6, 2007

A Cook Co. jury reached a $3.7 million verdict today in a medical malpractice case against Advocate Health Centers. The case was tried by attorney Ted McNabola of Cogan & McNabola, P.C. on behalf of the Lavern family.

Thirty-eight year old Vonda Lavern was working as a bank teller when she began having chest pains in 2002. She went to Illinois Masonic Hospital where she was admitted and given a stress test. During the test, the procedure was stopped due to severe chest pain. Ms. Lavern was unable to complete the procedure and was released from the hospital. Four days later, she was found dead on her the kitchen floor. The autopsy determined that the cause of death was severely blocked arteries.

• $14 Million
  For the family of a mother who died during child birth. Her newborn baby also suffered irreversible brain damage during the delivery at a Chicago hospital.
• $11.4 Million
  Plaintiff was having a cervical fusion revision at Northwestern Memorial Hospital when his head dropped from neutral to 80 degrees.
• $10.121 Million
  A Cook County jury returned the verdict in favor of a 72 year-old grandmother rendered wheelchair-dependent after a car vs. truck accident.
• $10.1164 Million
  A 17 year-old girl was killed when she was struck by a vehicle which had previously collided with a Greyhound bus which was traveling too fast for conditions.
• $ 7.875 Million
  A 64 year-old woman went to Swedish Covenant Hospital's ER with knee pain. She was treated and discharged. The hospital delayed the diagnosis and treatment of meningitis. The patient suffered a stroke and severe disability.

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