Thomas H. Murphy

• Super Lawyers - Thomas H. Murphy - 2018 - Present
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Notable Verdicts & Settlements

• $30 million. Settlement for a child who suffered severe and permanent brain injuries because of alleged negligence during labor and delivery.
• $10 million. Death of a child due to a Chicagoland hospital’s failure to timely diagnose and treat the child’s cancer.
• $10 million. Settlement for a woman who suffered a brain injury related to a surgical procedure at a local hospital.
• $9 million. Settlement for a young father that required kidney transplant and lifetime treatment because of a medical provider’s failure to timely diagnose kidney disease.
• $8.6 million. Slip and fall results in complex regional pain syndrome and the need for extensive future medical care.
• $7 million. Failure to recognize and treat postoperative complications from a heart surgery resulting in the patient’s death.
• $7 million. Punctured vein during an elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair surgery results in vascular complications and bilateral foot amputations.
• $5.5 million. A dentist at a local dental office negligently provided anesthesia to Decedent during a tooth extraction procedure resulting in cardiac arrest and death.
• $3.9 million. Failure to properly recognize and treat in a local emergency room a fractured leg which then injured a vital artery resulting in the need for below the knee amputation.
• $3.9 million. Failure to properly recognize and treat postoperative complications after a gastric bypass surgery resulting in the patient’s death.
• $3.25 million. Settlement for an 82-year-old man who slipped and fell and suffering a brain injury as a result while an in-patient at a local hospital.
• $3 million. Failure to properly recognize and treat signs and symptoms of stroke. The patient subsequently had a stroke and died several months later from complications.
• $3 million. Trucking accident results in traumatic brain injury.
• $2.9 million. While on the job, a defect in a delivery trucks power left results in fall causing severe injuries and the need for a below the knee amputation.

• $2.5 million. Primary care physician fails to recognize and treat blood clot resulting in patient's death.

• $2.5 million. Emergency room physician failed to treat appendicitis resulting in widespread infection in the patient’s abdomen ultimately causing her death.

• $2.5 million. Delivery Van runs over a child in the street resulting in the child’s death.
• $2.35 million. Settlement for a man who died after a gastric bypass surgery.
• $2 million. Negligent treatment of failing AV fistula which ultimately burst resulting in patient’s death.
• $2 million. Failure to recognize and treat postoperative bleeding resulting in death.
• $1.95 million. Surgeon negligently performs thyroid surgery removing all parathyroid glands leaving the patient permanently disabled.
• $1.95 million. Settlement for a man who required an amputation because of negligent operative and post-operative care from a vascular surgery.
• $1.85 million. Head-on motor vehicle accident results in death.
• $1.75 million. Spine surgeon negligently places surgical hardware causing permanent dysfunction. Settlement for a man who died after a gastric bypass surgery.
• $1.65 million. A jogger is hit by a rock thrown from a lawnmower resulting in a fractured foot and development of complex regional pain syndrome.
• $1.5 million. A guest at a local hospitality facility was assaulted resulting in the development of posttraumatic stress disorder.
• $1.5 million. Failure to recognize and treat known complication of punctured artery after a cardiac catheterization results of the patient’s death.
• $1.35 million. Permanent nerve dysfunction in the hand as a result of a complication during spine surgery.
• $1.3 million. Failure to diagnose lung cancer results in woman’s death.
• $1.3 million. Unsafe ambulatory assistive device results in fall causing permanent injuries.
• $1.25 million. Local fast-food restaurant fails to erect proper barricades to prevent vehicles from crashing into the storefront. The vehicle crash is into the storefront causing one of the restaurant’s customers to suffer a traumatic brain injury.