January 14, 2021
A federal lawyer told the Seventh Circuit on Thursday that a $29.7 million award for a kidney failure patient shouldn't stand, saying that a judge shirked the proper analysis needed when finding that the patient bore no blame for the progression of his hypertension.
April 22, 2020
Following instructions by the Seventh Circuit, an Illinois federal judge on Wednesday refused to reduce a kidney transplant patient's $29.7 million verdict against a federally funded clinic, saying the patient was not partially to blame for his injuries.
July 30, 2018
An Illinois federal judge has refused to lower her just more than $31 million verdict in favor of a kidney disease patient suing the United States for malpractice while he was in a federally funded clinic, finding the case was hardly comparable to others the government cited on appeal as being similar but lower in dollar award.
November 07, 2017
The federal government on Monday asked an Illinois federal judge to reconsider a $31 million damages award to a man who claimed that egregiously negligent treatment at a federally funded health clinic led to his kidney failure, saying the award was out of step with awards in similar cases.
June 20, 2017
An Illinois federal judge on Monday increased by $1.5 million a $29.7 million bench award to a man who claimed that egregiously negligent treatment at a federally funded health clinic led to his kidney failure.
March 16, 2017
An Illinois federal judge has awarded a man $29.7 million from the U.S. government for his claim that egregiously negligent treatment at a federally funded health clinic led to his kidney failure.