MADISON - ST. CLAIR RECORD

Recent News About HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Highland

• Amputee's suit against St. Joseph's Hospital dismissed

  By Amelia Flood | Monday, Nov 22, 2010 @ 1:18am

  Callis A suit over the amputation of a man's leg at St. Joseph's Hospital in Highland is over.

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• Callis set to open case over amputated leg Monday

  By Amelia Flood | Friday, Sep 17, 2010 @ 4:57am

  Callis A couple's suit against a Highland hospital and its staff over a misdiagnosis that the plaintiffs allege led to a leg amputation is set for trial Monday..

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• Callis holds first day of conferences for reassigned Stack cases

  By Amelia Flood | Friday, Jan 22, 2010 @ 6:13am

  Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis held the first of two case management conferences dealing with cases she reassigned from retiring Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack last month.

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• Callis begins shifting cases from retiring Stack

  By Amelia Flood | Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 @ 11:20am

  Callis Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack will find his caseload lighter as he counts down to his impending retirement.

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• Daughter files wrongful death suit against hospital

  By Kelly Holleran | Monday, Nov 2, 2009 @ 1:25am

  The daughter of a recently deceased woman has filed suit against St. Joseph's Hospital of Highland, alleging her mother died from injuries she sustained after she fell while attempting to climb out of her hospital bed.

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• Appellate Court gives doctor extension to appeal in Highland wrongful death case

  By Amelia Flood | Monday, Sep 14, 2009 @ 8:18am

  Crowder Dr. Jose Diaz Jr., who won a Madison County wrongful death suit in April, has an additional 60 days to appeal Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder's order granting the plaintiff a new trial.

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• Stack to hear motions Aug. 31 in Highland medical negligence case

  By Amelia Flood | Monday, Aug 31, 2009 @ 3:00am

  Stack Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack is set to hear pending motions in a suit against St. Joseph's Hospital in Highland and two radiologists on claims they failed to find an aneurysm that resulted in the amputation of plaintiff's left leg.

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• Defendant appeals judge's new trial order in Highland wrongful death case

  By Amelia Flood | Monday, Jul 20, 2009 @ 6:20am

  Attorneys for a Highland surgeon who won a wrongful death suit in April are appealing Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder's order which set aside the jury verdict and called for a new trial.

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• Jurors find for surgeon in Madison County med mal trial

  By Amelia Flood | Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009 @ 10:20am

  Crowder Despite disappointment in losing his wrongful death suit against a Highland surgeon, plaintiff Russell Darbon of Edwardsville says he and his family have gained something from the case: closure.

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• Jury begins deliberations in wrongful death trial against surgeon

  By Amelia Flood | Tuesday, Apr 28, 2009 @ 12:29pm

  The experts have had their say and now it's time for the jury to have its as a 2004 wrongful death suit against a surgeon at St. Joseph's Hospital in Highland ends.

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• Trial to resume with defense experts Tuesday in wrongful death trial

  By Amelia Flood | Monday, Apr 27, 2009 @ 9:00am

  The trial of a 2004 wrongful death suit will resume Tuesday in Madison County Circuit Judge Barbara Crowder's court room with defense expert testimony.

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• Defendant, experts testify in wrongful death trial

  By Amelia Flood | Thursday, Apr 23, 2009 @ 12:55am

  Crowder If he had it to do over, Dr. Jose Diaz Jr. said he would still operate on his now deceased patient, Virginia Gettys.

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• N.J. medical expert testifies in Madison County wrongful death case

  By Amelia Flood | Wednesday, Apr 22, 2009 @ 2:14am

  Crowder Dr. Aaron Chevinsky may practice in New Jersey, but he has made his opinion – via DVD - known in a wrongful death trial in Madison County.

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• Radiologist wants med mal case dismissed for faulty certificate of merit

  By Steve Gonzalez | Wednesday, Oct 15, 2008 @ 12:00pm

  Dr. Anthony Sodd filed a motion to dismiss a medical malpractice lawsuit that alleges he failed to properly diagnose a patient's condition.

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• St. Joseph's Hospital, doctors sued

  By Kelly Holleran | Monday, Sep 8, 2008 @ 10:18am

  St. Joseph's Hospital Fred and Robeye Walker have filed a lawsuit against St. Joseph's Hospital and two doctors, alleging the doctors' incorrect diagnosis of Fred's left leg pain led to amputation.

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• Hidden Lake Winery sued for head injury in parking lot

  By Ann Knef | Monday, Mar 24, 2008 @ 8:45am

  Hidden Lake Winery in Aviston is being sued by a woman who was struck in the parking lot by a shuttle bus while attending a birthday party year.

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• Madison County deputy clerk sadly missed by staff

  By Steve Gonzalez | Thursday, Jan 31, 2008 @ 12:00pm

  Madison County Deputy Circuit Clerk Janet Bell was laid to rest on Wednesday after suffering fatal injuries in a three-car, head-on collision Jan. 25.

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• Internal bleeding not stopped following hysterectomy, suit claims

  By Ann Knef | Wednesday, Dec 19, 2007 @ 7:00am

  A gynecologist with Southern Obstetrics and Gynecological Associates is being sued by a patient who claims the doctor "closed" before locating the source of bleeding after a hysterectomy.

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• OR nurse claims she got fired for protecting patient

  By Steve Gonzalez | Wednesday, Apr 4, 2007 @ 8:00pm

  St. Joseph's Hospital in Highland A former operating room nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital in Highland filed suit in Madison County Circuit Court April 4, claiming her termination was in violation of the Whistleblower Act.

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• New Lawsuits: Wednesday, April 4

  By Steve Gonzalez | Wednesday, Apr 4, 2007 @ 5:00pm

  Fresh from the courthouse:

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