Sarah F. King

Settlement obtained on behalf of a woman who suffered brain amputation and permanent brain injury due to surgical negligence during the removal of a benign brain mass.

Settlement on behalf of a baby who sustained brain damage at birth.

Clifford Law Offices obtained a record $101 million verdict on behalf of a baby who sustained brain damage at birth at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. This case is the highest reported Illinois Medical Malpractice Verdict. Click here to read more about the case.

Settlement involving the failure to diagnose and treat cancer of the spine, resulting in the death of a 21-year-old man.

A 38-year-old man paralyzed from the waist down following a neurosurgeon’s decision to deviate from a spinal cyst drainage procedure without the patient’s consent. Click here to read more about the case.

Settlement for a 47-year-old patient who sustained permanent injury to his eyes during a hospitalization for unrelated surgery.

Settlement on behalf of the family of a 38-year-old mother who died after childbirth due to the medical team’s failure to recognize and treat on-going bleeding from a placental abruption.

Child sustains permanent brain injury due to lack of oxygen to his organs during labor and delivery. A brain MRI demonstrated evidence of a severe profound perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. He was diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy, has global disabilities including the inability to walk, motor and speech delays and cognitive impairment.

Death of a 23-month-old child as a result of the hospital and anesthesiologist's failure to cancel an ERCP procedure due to lack of adequate personnel or equipment to treat complications and a failure to properly run a pediatric code.