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Dan Madigan was recently elected to the Assembly of the Illinois State Bar Association.  The ISBA Assembly is the policy making body of the Association.  Dan expects to be voting on a variety of important issues during his three year term.

On May 1, 2009 a settlement was reached with the defendant OB/GYN and his Practice Group through their liability insurance carrier, Illinois Insurance Services Exchange (ISMIE) for their entire policies of insurance.  The case was pending in Will County.

Don M. Sowers represented the plaintiff.

On April 7, 2009, a Peoria jury awarded Rebecca Ellsworth $555,000 (reduced by 40% for plaintiff’s contributory negligence) in a medical malpractice case.  The verdict was against Dr. Eric Elwood and Peoria Surgical Group.

Plaintiff claimed that the defendant plastic surgeon was negligent during the performance of the breast reduction surgery.  Plaintiff further claimed that the defendant plastic surgeon failed to properly treat post-operative venous congestion (obstruction of blood flow out of the breasts), and as a result, she suffered significant tissue necrosis in both breasts.  Plaintiff ultimately required bilateral breast reconstruction.

The insurance carrier for the defendant, Illinois State Mutual Inter-Insurance Exchange (ISMIE) made no settlement offer to Ms. Ellsworth either prior to or during the trial. 

John M. Saletta represented Rebecca Ellsworth.  Judge Stephen Kouri presided over the trial in Case No. 06 L 15. 

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$4.75 Million settlement has been reached on behalf of a 50 year old man who suffered an anoxic event during the performance of a transesophageal echocardiogram at a Lake County Medical Facility.   As a result of the loss of oxygen the plaintiff now suffers from action myoclonus.  This is a rare and debilitating neurological condition.  Daniel T. Madigan prepared this case for trial and negotiated the settlement on behalf of the man and his wife.  This case was filed in the Circuit Court of Lake County.

Illinois Super Lawyers^® is a magazine published by attorneys exclusively for attorneys and adheres to a rigorous selection process.  The only way a lawyer can be listed in Illinois Super Lawyers magazine is through this selection process.  The Top 100 Super Lawyers selection process consists of a statewide survey of lawyers, peer nominations, a blue ribbon panel review, and independent research of candidates.  Only 100 lawyers in the state were selected to the Top 100 list.  There are approximately 82,000 registered attorneys in the State of Illinois as of January, 2009.