VERDICTS
Drew Balac
Case Name: Plaintiff v. Dentist
Venue: Cook County, Illinois
Date: October 19, 2011
Verdict: Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his case after hearings on defense motions in limine.
Summary: Plaintiff alleged that Defendant was negligent in her extraction of an upper molar causing excessive bleeding and dizziness which resulted in Plaintiff falling and suffering a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Case Name: Plaintiff v. Dentist
Venue: Cook County, Illinois
Judge: Arbitration Panel
Date: April 14, 2008
Demand: $30,000.00
Verdict: Award for the defendant
Summary: Plaintiff alleged that defendant dentist provided negligent dental care for several years that resulted in the need for extensive future treatment.
Case Name: Plaintiff v. Dentist
Venue: Cook County, Illinois
Judge: Pearce McCarthy
Date: February 13, 2008
Demand: $185,000.00
Verdict: Plaintiff's attorney withdrew as counsel and plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the case after two days of hearing on pretrial motions. All 16 defense motions were granted eliminating plaintiff's claim for a portion of his past medical expenses and all future medical expenses.
Summary: Dental malpractice case involving connective tissue graft procedures. Plaintiff alleged that he was not a candidate for the procedure and that as a result of the dentist's negligence, he suffered bone loss and tissue loss requiring numerous corrective surgeries including block bone grafting.
Case Name: Plaintiff v. Dentist
Venue: Cook County, Illinois
Judge: Judge Jones
Date: July 18, 2006
Demand: $1,000.00
Verdict: $503.03 ($1,000.00 judgment for the plaintiff reduced by $496.97, the amount of the judgment entered in favor of the dentist on his counterclaim).
Summary: Plaintiff alleged she paid dentist $1,000.00 for preparation of a denture and never received her denture because the dentist's office building was "demolished" and he left her no forwarding address. Dentist prevailed on his counterclaim for the cost of the materials to prepare the denture.
Case Name: Plaintiff v. Dentist
Venue: Cook County, Illinois
Judge: Judge Gordon
Date: April 16, 2006
Demand: $500,000.00
Verdict: Settled for $125,000.00 before opening arguments.
Summary: Dental malpractice case involving a plaintiff who presented for extraction of a single molar. Plaintiff alleged that defendant failed to take the pre-operative x-ray which would have revealed ankylosis of the tooth to the bone. During the extraction, defendant dentist extracted two teeth and the alveolar bone resulting in the need for emergency surgery and three-day hospitalization.