A jury in Illinois has awarded a couple $1.5 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit.

According to court documents, a judge found in favor of Christina and Allen Tillerson for the wrongful death of their triplets in June 2001. The lawsuit claimed Dr. Thomas Hastetter negligently managed Christina’s pregnancy, resulting in the premature birth and subsequent death of the three children.

Attorney Richard Schultheis, representation for the Tillersons, argued that Hastetter was negligent by not acting on evidence from an ultrasound that indicated a problem with the pregnancy. Experts testified that, had Hastetter examined the ultrasound, it would have been possible to take corrective actions that would have delayed the births longer, allowing the children to develop more. The babies were less than 21 weeks old when they were born.

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A jury in Madison County, Illinois has found for the defense in a medical malpractice lawsuit brought against a Maryville gynecologist.

According to court documents, Penny Keller sued her former gynecologist, Dr. James Dalla Riva, claiming he punctured her bowel during a 2006 procedure to remove ovarian cysts, which led to an infection and the development of irritable bowel syndrome. Deliberations began at 2:42 p.m. Thursday and the verdict was returned at 4:05 p.m.

Dalla Riva said he was happy with the verdict and the jurors did what he expected. Riva admitted Keller’s bowel was injured during surgery but denied that he failed to meet the standard of care in her case, or that he negligently caused the injury.

Keller was seeking over $50,000 in damages per count of her suit.

If you or someone you love has been injured due to medical malpractice, please contact a Pennsylvania medical malpractice attorney of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C., by calling 610-667-7511 today.

A jury in Florida has returned a $6.2 million medical malpractice verdict against Shands at the University of Florida in a case of a professor who died there in 2002.

According to court documents, 41 year-old University of North Florida business professor Cory Fine underwent gastric bypass surgery for weight loss at Shands in December 2002. Fine died five days later during a CT scan of his lungs, according to the lawsuit. Frank Ashton, attorney for Fine’s family, said a nurse sent Fine to radiology for a CT scan without checking his oxygen saturation levels.

Fine reportedly told the CT technicians “I feel like I am dying” and said he did not believe he could not breath if they laid him flat.

“They did not check his oxygen saturation levels, nor did they call in a radiologist to check Mr. Fine,” Ashton said.

Shands is expected to appeal the verdict.

If you or someone you love has been injured due to medical malpractice, please contact a Pennsylvania medical malpractice lawyer of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C., by calling 610-667-7511 today.