Chicago Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Attorney

Wrongful Death Cases for Medical Mistakes

We go to the hospital or doctor’s office because we think it is a place of healing and comfort. Yet, all too often, our loved ones might suffer harm due to professional medical negligence.

Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor, nurse, or other medical professional neglects their duties to provide an accepted standard of care. Negligence could include surgical errors, prescription oversight, operating on the wrong patient, or any other negligent act.

Unfortunately, these medical errors may even result in wrongful death. At Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers, LLC, our personal injury attorneys can file a wrongful death claim for medical malpractice to recover compensation against the medical professionals or healthcare companies that harmed your loved one.

Call our Chicago medical malpractice lawyers at (888) 424-5757 for a free consultation to explore your legal options.

Talk to a Chicago, IL, Medical Malpractice Attorney

Contact us if your loved one passed away due to doctors’ or medical experts’ negligence or medical malpractice in a medical facility or emergency room.

Our personal injury lawyers may be able to bring a wrongful death case under state law for damages with a Chicago wrongful death lawyer.

A lawyer may also help you determine what types of wrongful death claims may yield the best results compared to others. Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers, LLC has brought many wrongful death cases for medical malpractice in many states and can hold your doctors accountable too.

Medical Malpractice Statistics

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that, on average, 208 hospital patients die each day due to preventable medical errors in the US.

The leading causes of death in the United States are heart disease, cancer, accidents, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. However, medical malpractice is responsible for many deaths each year.

Your Right to Recover After a Medical Injury

You may wonder why you should bring a medical malpractice case if you are harmed or a wrongful death suit if a family member dies at a doctor’s office, hospital, or another medical facility.

Illinois law, and most other states, lets you bring medical malpractice cases and wrongful death lawsuits when these events happen by proving:

• The doctor or other medical professional (defendant) owed the victim a duty of care
• The defendant breached that duty
• That breach injured the victim
• Those injuries led to economic damages or non-economic damages

The defendant may respond that someone else was responsible or that the plaintiff (victim) exaggerates their losses.

Plaintiffs must work closely with wrongful death attorneys who can prove medical malpractice led to the untimely death.

How Does Medical Malpractice Most Often Occur?

Medical malpractice remains the third leading cause of death among adults and minor children. Many wrongful death cases involve errors and mistakes that could have been prevented had the staff followed established protocols and standards of procedure.

Medical negligence and malpractice leading to the patient’s death could involve:

• Diagnostic Errors
• Surgical Error
• Medication Errors
• Childbirth Injury
• Emergency Room Mistakes

Successful Legal Action: Healthcare Malpractice and Wrongful Death Cases

$1,250,000 Settlement; Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death Claim; Chicago, Illinois; 2021:

The loved one of a decedent brought the preventable death action for medical malpractice and negligence for compensation after a woman died of an opioid overdose.

The surviving family member employed the services of an injury law firm specializing in wrongful death cases. A healthcare negligence claim alleged the defendants’ malpractice caused the death.

The wrongful death attorneys sought compensation for this egregious harm, financial burden, and losses on behalf of the plaintiffs.

$4,000,000 Settlement; Champaign, Illinois; 2021:

A family filed a wrongful death lawsuit after a loved one’s death. A few weeks before his death, he visited his cardiologists at a Champaign-area hospital. They performed a stress test and sent him home.

However, in the medical malpractice claim, the family argued that the test displayed abnormal results warranting his transfer to an emergency room (ER).

They claimed this oversight by the doctors was healthcare negligence.

The patient died as a direct result us substandard care, leaving the family with tremendous loss, a lack of financial support, and medical expenses. The case was settled for a reported $4 million.

$712,500 Settlement; Wrongful Death Nursing Home Lawsuit; 2020:

The medical malpractice case and wrongful death lawsuit started after a woman in her middle nineties fell down and died in a Chicago-area nursing home.

No facility healthcare provider set up appropriate measures to prevent this type of wrongful death accident and then made matters worse by delaying her hospital transfer.

Her surviving family members’ legal claim argued this negligent behavior by the defendants (all held responsible for mistakes) was directly related to her pain, suffering, and resulting death.

The family’s wrongful death attorney, who claimed this healthcare negligence caused the patient’s demise sought compensation for the decedent’s loved ones. The nursing home (the party held liable) paid the plaintiffs $712,500.

Wrongful Death Lawsuit

A wrongful death occurs when someone dies due to another person’s negligence or wrongful act. If a patient dies due to a medical error, the patient’s family may be able to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the responsible parties.

Wrongful death claims resulting from medical malpractice are complex. Many factors must be considered when filing a claim, including the statute of limitations, which may vary from state to state.

The Family Representative Files an Untimely Death Lawsuit

A person filing a medical malpractice untimely death claim as a plaintiff must be able to prove that the defendant’s doctor or healthcare provider caused the death of their loved one.

Only the personal representative of the decedent’s estate can bring a claim for wrongful death in Chicago. The representative is typically the surviving spouse.

The deceased’s estate’s wrongful death attorneys could file a personal injury claim for damages based on malpractice and preventable death.

The deceased’s services and lifelong earnings are a significant economic loss to the family. Medical malpractice attorneys can recover damages for these losses, pain, and suffering.

Hire Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Attorneys

Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers, LLC specializes in helping family members after suffering injury or wrongful death because of medical malpractice.

Call our medical malpractice and wrongful death legal team at (888) 424-5757 or use the contact form to speak to our attorneys at our law firm during a free case review.

We provide necessary legal services to recover significant damages after legal negligence in a wrongful death case.

Our wrongful death attorneys can discuss various medical malpractice claims to seek compensation for malpractice and wrongful death, medical bills, lost wages, punitive damages, funeral expenses, and other losses.

Obtain financial relief in an Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit by calling our lawyers for a free case review.

We accept every wrongful death case on a contingency fee basis, meaning you won’t pay attorney fees until we resolve your healthcare provider’s negligence claim through legal action.

Resources:

• NIH – Doctors Convicted Due to Medical Malpractice that Resulted in Wrongful deaths
• JHM – Fatal Medical Malpractice Errors Ranks Third in America