Chicago Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys
Levin & Perconti
Levin & Perconti
“The goal of our law firm is simple: To achieve the best possible results for our clients in each and every case we handle. It is a goal we have been consistently successful in meeting.”
~ From Chicago Attorney Steven M. Levin
Founded in 1992, the law firm of Levin & Perconti has emerged as a pioneer in litigating nursing home abuse, nursing home neglect and fraud. Levin & Perconti is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading firms in this highly specialized and relatively new area of law. Chicago, Illinois personal injury Attorneys Steven M. Levin & John J. Perconti believe that all legitimate victims of nursing home negligence have the right to seek full, fair and adequate compensation for their suffering and loss.
“Levin & Perconti has recovered more than $215 million in verdicts and settlements for our clients, many of them in high-profile cases that received national media attention,” says Chicago Nursing Home Abuse Attorney John J. Perconti.
Nursing home residents are among society's most vulnerable members. Levin & Perconti are passionately committed to improving the quality of nursing home care and holding nursing homes accountable for substandard care and conduct through litigation.
With a combination of over 125 years of litigation experience and medical expertise, along with an impeccable reputation of integrity, professionalism and success, the Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys of Chicago, Levin & Perconti, are highly-skilled personal injury lawyers who fight for the legal rights of nursing home abuse victims, and are dedicated to representing clients in Cook County, Dupage County, Lake County, Will County, McHenry County, Winnebago County and Kankakee County, Illinois in the following areas:
- Automobile Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Semi Tractor Trailer/18 Wheeler Accidents
- Truck Accidents
- Drunk Driving Accidents
- Hit & Run Accidents
- AVIATION ACCIDENTS
- ON THE JOB/CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
- SPINAL CORD INJURY
- DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS
- SLIP AND FALL/PREMISE LIABILITY
- WRONGFUL DEATH
FIGHTING FOR VICTIMS WHO SUFFER IN SILENCE
“Our commitment to preventing nursing home abuse has led the Firm to achieve many landmark legal victories for victims of nursing home abuse and neglect and their families. We are extremely honored to be a part of litigation that has resulted in significant measures that have been implemented to protect nursing home residents from future harm.”
- Attorneys Steven Levin & John Perconti
LEVIN & PERCONTI NURSING HOME ABUSE SETTLEMENTS
$3 million record nursing home pressure sore settlement against a suburban Hillside nursing home and physician for a 59-year-old resident who developed multiple painful and infected bedsores which took four years to heal.
$2.9 million record nursing home jury verdict against a suburban Homewood nursing home for the family of a deceased 57-year-old resident who was suffocated due to the home's negligent care of her tracheostomy tube.
$1,500,000 settlement against a nursing home for violating the Nursing Home Care Reform Act by failing to monitor a mentally-impaired resident's cigarette smoking, leading to severe burns and death.
$1,500,000 settlement for an 87-year-old nursing home resident who suffered severe burns when seated in a steaming-hot sitz bath.
$1,300,000 settlement for a 74-year-old nursing home resident who died as a result of a beating he received when the nursing home placed a younger resident with violent tendencies in his room.
$1,100,000 settlement against a nursing home for a 75-year-old resident who developed multiple painful and infected bedsores, or pressure ulcers, which caused her death.
$1,000,000 settlement against a nursing home for a 75-year-old resident who suffered malnutrition, dehydration and Stage IV pressure sores, resulting in death.
Levin & Perconti Cases in the Headlines
** S.W. v. Renaissance at Hillside, Inc. - $3,000,000.00 record nursing home pressure sore settlement against a suburban Hillside nursing home and physician for a 59 year old resident who developed multiple painful and infected bedsores which took four years to heal.
T.B. v. Undisclosed Chicago Hospital -$2,250,000.00 medical malpractice settlement for failure to diagnose infection for a 5 year old boy, who had survived a bone marrow transplant from his brother to treat his acute myleucytic leukemia and resulting graft versus host disease, developed septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and intercerebral hemorrhage causing his death.
B.S. v. Lutheran General Hospital - $2,100,000.00 settlement against a hospital and doctors for the failure to manage prolonged elevated blood pressure of a 17 year old dialysis patient which caused a hypertensive emergency resulting in death.
**J.F. v. Wedgwood Pavilion Nursing Home - $1,400,000.00 verdict against a nursing home for failure to manage a nursing home resident’s behavior which caused a shoving match, fall, hip fracture and death of a 79 year old fellow nursing home resident.
**E.L. v. Sunrise Assisted Living - $1,000,000.00 verdict against assisted living facility who admitted liability for failing to give a proper mechanical soft diet due to understaffing and poorly trained staff resulting in choking and death of a 67 year old man.
**C.P. v. Unidentified Nursing Home - $1,000,000.00 settlement for failure to properly care plan for and monitor a wheelchair bound resident’s risk of strangulation resulting in death.
**D.Y. v. Alden Naperville Rehabilitation and Health Care Center and Dr. Seema Gupta - $1,000,000.00 settlement for the family of a 78 nursing home resident against a Naperville nursing home and doctor for failure to prevent and treat seven stage IV pressure ulcers which caused the resident’s death.
**O.W. v. Hillcrest Healthcare Center - $995,000.00 settlement against a Joliet nursing home for the mother of a 45 year old nursing home resident with schizophrenia and alcoholism who died as a result of a gastric ulcer which perforated a vein and caused a hemorrhage. Signs and symptoms of the gastric ulcer, present two weeks prior to the resident’s death, were not reported to the resident’s physician.
C.H. v. LGH - $975,000.00 settlement for a 58 year old female who suffered permanent ulnar nerve damage due to defendant hospital’s staff’s failure to properly position, pad, and monitor the condition of her dominant right upper extremity during a prolonged surgical procedure under general anesthesia.
**E. V. v. Emerald Park Health Care Center - $950,000.00 settlement against an Evergreen Park nursing which has subsequently been shut down by the State of Illinois for a 91 year old nursing home resident who over a three year period suffered from malnutrition and dehydration sustaining a body loss of 1/3 of her total weight within the last three months, causing a hospitalization and death.
**A.B. v. Unidentified Chicago Area Nursing Home - $950,000.00 settlement for the family of an 81 year old nursing home resident in a wheelchair who fell down a flight of stairs and suffered a subdural hematoma and died seven months later.
**O.A. v. Columbus Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Pavilion of Forest Park - $900,000.00 settlement for the family of an 81 year old nursing home resident against two nursing homes. One Chicago nursing home failed to prevent the resident from falling and sustaining a hip fracture. The other, Forest Park nursing home failed to prevent the formation of and worsening of multiple pressure ulcers, including multiple stage IV pressure ulcers.
A.P. v. Dr. Michael Pourtabib - $850,000.00 settlement against a physician for failing to diagnose and treat diabetes during pregnancy which resulted in diabetic ketoacidosis in the death of a 26 week old fetus.
L. E. v. Ferrara - $820,000.00 settlement for a 33 year old Plaintiff was passenger in auto hit by defendant auto causing car to flip over and extensive injuries to her arm requiring multiple orthopedic and plastic surgeries.
**I.R. v. Halsted Terrace Nursing Center - $800,000.00 settlement against a Chicago nursing home for failing to appropriately monitor an 88 year old patient’s hydration levels after a fall causing severe pain, appetite loss, severe dehydration and death.
N. J. v. Undisclosed Property Owner & Mgmt Co. - $775,000.00 settlement for the family of a three year old boy who fell out of a 3 rd story window to his death 10 days after his mother removed a broken window from their apartment and covered the opening with plastic. The landlord/managing company failed to have the window repaired in a timely manner.
**L. S. v. Glenview Terrace Nursing Center - $750,000.00 settlement against a Glenview nursing home for the family of an 80 year old Parkinson’s nursing home resident with dementia who developed Stage IV pressure sores, dehydration and malnutrition resulting in hospitalizations and death.
L.C. v. Bariatric Treatment Center and Dr. Roy Berkowitz - $700,000.00 settlement for a 34 year old plaintiff against a Belvedere Bariatric Treatment Center and Dr. Berkowitz for failure to appropriately respond to a postoperative infection after gastric bypass. L.C. suffered a severe infection requiring additional surgeries and additional scarring.
**R.H. v. The Renaissance At 87th Street - $650,000.00 settlement for the family of a 76 year old nursing home resident against a Chicago nursing home for failure to appropriately prevent and treat pressure ulcers resulting in gangrene, bilateral leg amputations and death.
C.S. v. Rush Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center and Dr. Nguyen - $650,000 settlement against Rush Presbyterian and a doctor who administered a 17 year old plaintiff brachytherapy for a cancerous tumor on the back of her leg and during the brachytherapy caused serious burns which took two years to heal.
D. N. v. Edger - $530,000.00 settlement against a doctor for a 36 year old male who suffered a serious second bout of pancreatitis and developed chronic pancreatitis due to psychiatrist’s negligence in prescribing Depakote.
J. C. v. Rose Garden Restaurant – $510,000.00 settlement against a restaurant which caused patrons to wait in area too close to steps leading to downstairs banquet area leading to a fall down the stairs resulting in a fractured hip and foot, causing the foot to become severely infected requiring a skin graft.
**J. P. v. Lexington Health Care Center of Streamwood - $510,000.00 settlement against a Streamwood nursing home for the family of a 78 year old resident who repeatedly took off her personal alarm, fell on her way to the bathroom and fractured her hip and died four months later from heart problems.
**J. S. v. Manor Care of South Holland - $500,000.00 settlement against a South Holland nursing home for a nursing home’s failure to treat corneal abrasion and dental problems of 74 year old resident which resulted in the loss of eye and multiple tooth extractions.
K. C. v. Bernstein, M.D. - $500,000.00 settlement against a physician who incorrectly interpreted a 59 year old’s prostate hormone levels and failed to refer patient to a urologist causing a nine month delay in diagnosis of prostate cancer resulting in a more invasive surgery causing impotency and a recurrence of the cancer requiring radiation therapy.
P. O. v. The Catholic Bishop of Chicago - $500,000.00 settlement against property owner for an 83 year old woman who tripped and fell on plywood planks at cemetery while visiting her husband’s grave and fractured her right hip, post-operative infection requiring the removal of her prosthesis.
L.M. v. Gerald Adelman & Associates - $500,000.00 settlement against insurance broker for negligently advising client that the purchase of certain replacement life insurance policies was appropriate for client’s situation and for guaranteeing that such policies could be paid for entirely by the stream of cash value in earlier policies.
**J. M. v. South Shore Care Center - $475,000.00 settlement against a Chicago nursing home for its failure to obtain final lab report for urine culture of 82 year old resident and notify the doctor of sensitivity findings resulting in patient remaining on an antibiotic which was resistant to infection, urosepsis developed and the resident died.
S.K. v. Sullivan and UIM - $450,000.00 settlement for a 6 person (2 adults and 4 children) who sustained multiple injuries with one child sustaining fatal injuries as result of a driver crossing the center line and hitting their van head on in DuPage County on Thanksgiving night 2002.
J.L. v. Board of Education of City of Chicago - $400,000.00 settlement against the Board of Education and her teacher arising from being sexual abuse by her teacher for several years.
D.B. v. West Suburban Hospital (Oak Park, IL) $2,900,000 settlement for a child who suffered mild brachial plexus injuries that resulted from Dr.
Weaver's failing to use proper disimpaction techniques to address a shoulder dystocia which caused excessive force placed upon the infant's head and nerve injury.
If you or someone you know in Chicago, Illinois, or in the surrounding counties of Illinois needs the assistance or trusted legal advice of an experienced nursing home abuse lawyer, please call the Attorneys of Levin & Perconti today at 866-822-0169, or use the contact form provided on this site to begin your free consultation with a trusted Chicago personal injury attorney.