The household of a Chicago girl who died from problems of cosmetic surgery she acquired at a West Garden clinic was awarded $66 million Friday following a lawsuit towards the surgeon who carried out it.
The jury delivered a $56 million verdict in what’s believed to be the very best in Prepare dinner County towards a plastic surgeon, in accordance with Clifford Regulation Workplaces, which represented the household. With post-judgment curiosity, the overall judgment is $66 million.
In November 2019, Idalia Corcoles went to the 63rd Medical and Surgical Middle, 3918 W. 63rd St., for a liposuction process generally referred to as a tummy tuck.
The 39-year-old mom of 4 suffered inner bleeding after the surgical procedure and died the subsequent day, in accordance with the lawsuit.
Dr. Ayoub Sayeg didn’t acquire medical clearance for the surgical procedure and didn’t carry out an entire bodily examination prior the operation, the lawsuit states.
He carried out the operation improperly, resulting in a perforation of Corcoles’ belly wall and a laceration to her spleen, in accordance with the lawsuit. Sayeg additionally testified that he by no means checked on Corcoles after the surgical procedure.
Corcoles’ husband, Alejandro Cervantes, filed the wrongful demise lawsuit in 2021.
“The negligence of this medical practitioner is so egregious that the jury knew they needed to do the precise factor for this harmless household,” Bradley Cosgrove, a lawyer representing Cervantes, stated in an announcement.
“The jury clearly is sending a transparent message that Dr. Sayeg shouldn’t be an expert and there’s critical consideration if he ought to even be holding a medical license,” Cosgrove continued. “He and his total medical employees ignored apparent indicators that this mother was dying, and but he and all the group did nothing to save lots of her.”
A legislation agency listed because the lawyer for Sayeg and clinic didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.