Dudley & Lake

$25

Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice

Matthew Dudley and Marisa Schostok represented the Estate of a 55-year-old man who died as a result of septic shock caused by an undiagnosed anastomotic leak following a hernia repair surgery. The jury found in favor of the Plaintiff and determined the surgeon negligently discharged the patient from the hospital despite his worsening condition. The jury awarded $25,312,039.59 in damages, which will go to the widow and three children of the decedent.

$24M

Medical Malpractice Birth Injury

Matthew Dudley and Kevin Golden represented an eight year old boy who suffered from lack of oxygen prior to birth resulting in permanent and irreversible brain damage. The jury concluded that the doctor failed to properly interpret a non-stress and an ultrasound both of which revealed very non reassuring findings.

$20

Medical Malpractice

Matthew Dudley and Marisa Schostok represented a 14-year old girl who suffered from a lack of oxygen while in the emergency department of a hospital, resulting in permanent and irreversible brain damage. The hospital’s nurses removed her supplemental oxygen, pulse oximetry monitor and failed to protect her airway. Due to the lack of supplemental oxygen, monitoring device and airway protection, the girl was left alone, without oxygen, for over twenty minutes. As a result, she suffered cardiac arrest and permanent brain damage. Due to her catastrophic injuries, the girl now requires 24-hour nursing care for the rest of her life.

$11

Highway Crash Personal Injury

Matthew Dudley represented a man from Morton Grove who was injured in a traffic accident in western Nebraska. The man was struck from behind by an 18 wheel tractor trailer. As a result of the accident, the man sustained reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) of his right arm as well as compression fractures to four vertebras. The man’s right arm, his dominant arm, was rendered useless.

$9.4M

Medical Malpractice

Matthew Dudley settled a case against a Suburban Chicago hospital. The plaintiff was undergoing a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) when he received too much in addition to his oxygen level not being monitored appropriately. As a result, the patient suffered brain damage due to lack of oxygen to the brain. The patient will require a high level of medical care for the remainder of his life and is now unable to work or care for himself or perform any activities of daily living.

$8.3M

Medical Malpractice

Dudley & Lake settled a case against a Chicago hospital arising out of negligence resulting in a child suffering lack of oxygen and subsequent brain damage during labor and delivery. The parties to the settlement are restricted due to confidentiality provisions, but the settlement was reported by Chicago Lawyer Magazine to be in the top 15 legal settlements reported during 2008.