In November of 2019, Idalia Corcoles went to 63rd Medical and Surgical Center for liposuction, and found Dr. Ayoub Sayeg performing the surgery out of his office…cbsnews.com, Chicago woman’s family awarded $66 million after death from plastic surgery complications, Dec 2024
During her operation, something went wrong, and she started bleeding internally.
In court, the doctor testified that he never saw Corcoles after the surgery, and didn’t spot the physical signs of internal bleeding.
“They essentially abandoned her in the recovery room,” said attorney Brad Cosgrove. “This is a case about unrecognized and untreated blood loss that went on for hours and hours and hours, and she essentially was allowed to bleed to death.”
On Friday, a Cook County jury awarded Corcoles’ family $56 million in damages. With post-judgment interest, the court entered a judgment against the doctor for $66.262 million, which is believed to be a record in Cook County against a plastic surgeon, and perhaps the largest medical malpractice verdict in Illinois history.
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I have seen this type of care on many occasions when I was called to be a private first assistant. I had certain standards which gave me the fortitude to refuse many cases. These surgeons deserve the penalties and should lose their licenses. Some will be killed from families that have lost a relative.