$2.7 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Keep Patient in ICU

Saalik Ziyad, 40, had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He was received at the emergency department at Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago where he was seen for sepsis and an abscess. An ECG was read as borderline, and he was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

A nephrologist, Dr. Branislav Marcic, accepted the hospital admission and acted as attending physician. After undergoing a surgical incision and the draining of the abscess, Ziyad experienced decreased vital signs and lack of urine output. He also was found to have an elevated white blood count. An intensivist transferred him to a general floor where he passed away. Ziyad was a musician who was survived by his parents.

His estate sued Advocate Trinity Hospital and the intensivist, alleging medical malpractice, choosing not to treat Ziyad in the intensive care unit.

The estate claimed that the defendants had ignored the signs of heart attack that led to a left ventricular rupture of his heart while he was unattended. Dr. Marcic also was named in the lawsuit.

Dr. Marcic settled with the plaintiff during jury deliberations for $650,000. The jury signed a verdict for $2.7 million, finding Ziyad 35% comparatively at fault.

The attorneys successfully handling this tragic case for the Ziyad estate were Craig D. Tobin, Paula Fuller Tobin and Matthew C. Lauderdale, all of Chicago, Ill.

Ziyad v. Advocate Trinity Hospital, 20 L 010276 (Ill. Cir. Ct. Cook County).

Kreisman Law Offices has been handling hospital negligence lawsuits, wrongful death cases, emergency medicine negligence cases, and misdiagnosis of sepsis for individuals, families and loved ones who have been harmed, injured or died as a result of the carelessness or negligence of a medical provider for more than 49 years in and around Chicago, Cook County and its surrounding areas, including Morton Grove, Evanston, Cicero, Stickney, Burbank, Blue Island, South Holland, Evanston, Chicago (Logan Square, Irving Park, West Village, Uptown, Andersonville, Chicago Loop, Hegewisch, Great Grand Crossing, Woodlawn, Hyde Park, Kenwood), Riverside, Hinsdale, Waukegan, Joliet and River Forest, Illinois.

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