Medical Malpractice Attorneys in Chicago

Steinberg, Burtker & Grossman is a Chicago personal injury law firm made up of experienced trial attorneys ready to help injured people in the greater Chicago area. Our exclusive focus is serious injury cases, including medical malpractice cases against surgeons, anaesthesiologists, and other surgical staff whose negligent errors cause injury and death.

Getting Compensation for Victims of Surgical Negligence

While it's true that any surgical procedure carries some risk, one of those risks should not be the negligence of a doctor or hospital. Unnecessary surgical mistakes that often occur in the Chicago area include:

Operating on the wrong body part or wrong side surgery
Conducting the wrong procedure
Failing to monitor patients during or after surgery
Administering too much or too little anaesthesia
Failing to maintain sterile conditions, resulting in post-operative infections
Leaving things inside the patient (sponges, instruments)
Failing to adequately inform a patient of the risks of surgery
Conducting surgery (including Lasik eye surgery) on people who are not good candidates for surgery because of risk factors or other medical factors

For more than 40 years, medical malpractice lawyers at our Chicago law firm have been fighting to get results for the victims of doctor negligence and hospital malpractice. You can be confident that we will strive to provide positive results for you. Contact us online or call toll free (866) 942-8024 for a free consultation with our Chicago medical malpractice lawyers.

Fighting for Compensation in Medical Malpractice Cases

Getting financial compensation for surgical malpractice cases always requires taking your case to court. And unlike personal injury cases, medical malpractice cases in Chicago always require a pre-review phase in which other medical doctors certify that typical standards of care were not followed. In other words, an effective medical malpractice claim will always include the use of medical experts, which increases the complexity and cost of bringing a medical malpractice case.

That increased cost and time is why only the most serious injuries from medical malpractice go to court. Unfortunately, there are plenty of serious injuries:

Brain damage from anaesthesia errors
Birth injury or failure to perform a C-section
Life-threatening infection from surgery
Loss of organs or limbs from surgical errors
Premature death

Our Chicago personal injury lawyers have both the experience and the resources needed to prove your surgical malpractice case. We work with medical experts from leading teaching hospitals from across the United States. We can bring the right kind of expert to your case.

Contact an Chicago Surgeon Error Lawyer Today

Tell us about your medical malpractice case. Our Chicago surgeon error attorneys will tell you how we can help. Contact us or call toll free at (866) 942-8024 for a free consultation.

Our Areas of Practice

Representative Cases

$8.3 Million to a tire serviceman who suffered brain damage and quadriparesis as a result of the explosion of a defective multi-piece rim.
$4.0 Million to the estate of a man who died after knee replacement surgery at Evanston Hospital.
$3.1 Million to the estate of a woman who died post child birth at the University of Chicago Hospital.
$2.2 Million to the estate of a woman that was killed in a roll over vehicle accident on the Kennedy Expressway.
$2.1 Million to the estate of a over medicated man who died at Rush University Medical Center
$2.0 Million to a tuck pointer who fell from scaffolding