Highest Reported DeKalb County Wrongful Death Verdict or Settlement
which led to massive blood loss, hemorrhagic shock, disseminated intravas- cular coagulation (DIC), conscious pain and suffering, and eventual death. The defense contended the doctors and nurses appropriately assessed, diagnosed, and treated the patient, and her low blood pressure following the surgery was caused by an interaction between the anesthesia and her hypertension medi- cation. The defense for DeKalb asserted that based on the patient’s condition when the surgeon saw her in the recovery room, he was not required to stay at the hospital because her low blood pressure was being addressed by the an- esthesiologist and recovery room nurse. COMPARISON: The previous highest DeKalb County wrongful death verdict in JVR records was $2,750,000 in 2008 for a stillbirth (see 08 My/1).
Joshua L. Weisberg Joshua L. Weisberg is a Shareholder and Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop, PC. Mr. Weisberg has been a full time trial lawyer representing plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death cases since 2005. During Mr. Weisberg’s career, he has obtained over $100 million for his clients in verdicts and settle - ments, including numerous record setting verdicts and settlements. Mr. Weisberg has won multi-million dollar verdicts for his cli - ents in cases involving medical malpractice, product liability, construction negligence, and auto accidents. Mr. Weisberg is board certified* in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Ad - vocacy. He has been selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer® every year since 2014. In addition to his practice as a trial lawyer, Mr. Weisberg has also had tremendous success in the state and federal appellate courts on behalf of victims of negligence. * Board certification is not required to practice law in Illinois, and the Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize specialties in the practice of law.
Rapoport Weisberg Sims & VanOverloop, PC. represents plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases arising out of aviation accidents, medical malpractice, auto and trucking accidents, product liability, lead poisoning, and workplace accidents. Our firm has recovered over $500 million for its clients, which includes numerous re- cord setting verdicts and settlements. Our firm concentrates on maxi - mizing the value of each case and providing exceptional personal service to each of our clients.
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