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Doctors can't be sued over improper resuscitation of man's father: Appeals panel

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 @ 5:30pm

Illinois appeals court says a man who tried to sue University of Illinois Hospital for violating his father's DNR can't just swap in doctors for the hospital to keep his lawsuit in Cook County court
Appeals court: Man didn't cooperate with doctors, can't sue Rush U. Med Center over leg amputation

By Elizabeth Alt | Wednesday, Jan 3, 2018 @ 1:01pm

On Dec. 15, a state appeals court affirmed a Cook County judge's judgment in favor of Rush University Medical Center in a dispute involving a former patient who claimed his leg amputation could have been avoided had the defendants properly referred him to a vascular surgeon, but who the hospital argued had been uncooperative with medical professionals, costing them the opportunity to save his leg.
Family of boy disabled for life after 25 surgeries awarded $30 million vs doctor, Rush Medical Center

By Jonathan Bilyk | Tuesday, Feb 23, 2016 @ 6:32pm

The family of a young boy who was left disabled for life following a series of more than two dozen surgeries, purportedly in an attempt to properly connect his esophagus to his stomach, has secured more than $30 million from the doctor and hospital the family alleged were responsible for what happened to the child.