EDWARDSVILLE – The family of a deceased woman claims she received negligent care from several healthcare facilities, which allegedly caused her to suffer necrotizing fasciitis and bone infections prior to her death.
EAST ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Court of Illinois has removed a wrongful death complaint arguing that since two of the defendants are federal employees, the case should be removed to federal court.
BELLEVILLE — Gateway Regional Medical Center and others are facing a lawsuit from a patient who alleges she suffered complications from gastrointestinal surgery.
Stearns Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and two of its staff members argue that a wrongful death suit involving a resident who contracted Covid-19 should be dismissed because the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP) offers exclusive remedy for pandemic-related claims.
EDWARDSVILLE - Attorney Eva Golabek filed a lawsuit against a nursing home and staff members over the death of a resident who contracted Covid-19 in August 2020.
After removing a medical malpractice lawsuit to federal court, the U.S. seeks to be replaced as defendant in a mother’s suit alleging she was discharged from the hospital at 39 weeks pregnant despite signs of preeclampsia, resulting in the death of her unborn baby.
EDWARDSVILLE - The daughter of a man who died after doctors allegedly failed to provide a proper diagnosis while he was in the emergency room is suing the hospital and physicians.
EDWARDSVILLE — A patient is suing Granite City Illinois Hospital, alleging she suffered damages to her gastrointestinal track, muscles and tendons during back surgery.
EDWARDSVILLE — A woman alleges her husband's doctors and nurses failed to properly diagnose and treat his myocardial infarction, resulting in his death.
EDWARDSVILLE — A woman alleges Alton Memorial Hospital staff's failure to properly treat her condition during her pregnancy and labor resulted in the death of her baby.
EDWARDSVILLE — A mother is suing Gateway Regional Medical Center and one of its physicians for allegedly failing to recognize that she was in pre-term labor and sending her home after diagnosing her with vaginal clotting and constipation.
EDWARDSVILLE — A patient's son has filed a wrongful death suit against Gateway Regional Medical physicians and others, alleging they misread his mother's CT scan and failed to diagnose her lung cancer.
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. Magistrate Judge Gilbert Sison on Feb. 18 dismissed physician Melvin Merritt from a suit over delivery of a baby, ruling that plaintiff Heather Turner must sue the United States instead.
EDWARDSVILLE – A woman claims a Gateway Regional Medical Center psychiatrist failed to properly evaluate and treat her husband, who committed suicide after he was discharged from the hospital.
A medical center is counter-suing an anesthesiologist in a wrongful termination dispute, alleging that a physician was terminated for breaching his employment contract despite his arguments that he was terminated for refusing to accept a pay cut in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
EDWARDSVILLE — A mother is claiming the negligence of the medical staff at a Granite City hospital caused her child to be born with severe brain damage.
