$300,000 Verdict – Medical Malpractice MRSA Infection

After checking into Christ Advocate Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois, for cardiac bypass surgery in 2005, our client was suspected of having contracted Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

The MRSA left him with a host of health issues, including bi-monthly episodes of leaking from his wound site and chronic chest pain following his debridement surgery, where part of his mediastinum was shaved off in an attempt to rid him of the infectious disease.

Notably, this verdict is the first against a hospital system in the state of Illinois in favor of a patient who contracted MRSA.