Medical Malpractice
You trusted your care to professionals. When that trust is broken, you deserve straight answers, and a firm hospitals take seriously.
The most fiercely defended cases in civil law. We prepare accordingly.
Something went wrong, during a surgery, a delivery, a diagnosis, and now you are left with more questions than answers. Was it preventable? Was it negligence, or simply a bad outcome? Those questions deserve real answers, not a form letter from a hospital’s risk department.
Tarpey, Jones & Schroeder represents patients and families in medical negligence cases throughout Illinois. These are among the most fiercely defended cases in civil law, hospitals and their insurers concede nothing. Our partners have recovered millions for injured patients, including a $10.6 million jury verdict against a cardiologist and a $4.75 million settlement against a hospital for medical negligence, earned through meticulous preparation and a trial record the defense bar knows.
Common questions before you call.
Every question below is one we answer in consultations every week. Yours is free. Call (312) 782-6411.You usually cannot know without the records, and neither can we. That is what the free consultation is for: we listen, obtain the chart, and have it reviewed by qualified physicians. If the care met the standard, we will tell you plainly.
Nothing upfront. We work on contingency and advance the substantial costs these cases require, experts, records, depositions. You owe attorney fees only if we recover for you.
Often both. Hospitals are responsible for their staff and, in many circumstances, for the physicians practicing within their walls. We name every accountable party, institutional defendants are usually where systemic failures live.
Medical costs past and future, lost earnings, and the human losses, pain, disability, disfigurement, and the care a lifelong injury requires. In birth injury cases, the lifetime cost of care is often the largest component.
Longer than most injury cases, typically one to three years, sometimes more. Expert review, institutional defendants, and complex records take time. We prepare every case as if it will be tried, which is also what shortens the road to a fair settlement.
The claim continues on behalf of the family under the Illinois Wrongful Death Act. We handle these cases together, see our wrongful death practice.
Possibly, at a deposition and at trial if the case does not settle. We prepare you thoroughly for both, you will never walk into a room we have not walked you through first.