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"My Injury Guy" Scott DeSalvo
Trial-Trained Medical Malpractice Lawyer for Joliet & Will County
Joliet is home to major hospitals, specialty clinics, and medical practices that serve all of Will County. Most care goes well. But when a doctor misses a diagnosis, a surgery goes wrong, or a hospital fails to monitor a patient, families are left with serious injuries and hard questions.
Here's what many families don't know: when a hospital investigates its own mistake through a peer review or quality committee, Illinois law generally keeps those internal reports confidential. You won't get the hospital's own conclusions. Your case has to be built from the medical records and independent experts.
I'm Scott DeSalvo, and I've handled injury cases for almost 30 years. For other kinds of injuries, see my Joliet personal injury attorney page.
There's nothing to pay up front and no fee unless we win. Reach me 24/7 at 312-500-4500.
I was nine when my father, a Teamster and truck driver, was injured on the job. The lawyer who was supposed to help him barely talked to him, stretched the case out for seventeen years, and then sued him for more money.
No client of mine gets treated that way. You get honesty, attention, and real effort.
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The Illinois Medical Studies Act (735 ILCS 5/8-2101) protects many hospital peer review and quality improvement records from disclosure. The medical chart itself, however, is available.
Illinois requires a qualified health professional's report before filing (735 ILCS 5/2-622).
Generally two years from discovery, and no more than four years from the malpractice (735 ILCS 5/13-212).
Illinois doesn't cap malpractice damages.
Bottom Line: Your case will be built from the records and independent experts, not the hospital's own review.
Cancer, stroke, heart attack, and infection.
Nerve and organ damage, retained objects, and anesthesia errors.
Patients who deteriorate without anyone responding.
See my medication error lawyer page.
Picture this. After surgery at a Joliet-area hospital, your mother's vital signs show she's bleeding internally, but no one calls the surgeon for hours. By the time she's taken back to surgery, she has suffered lasting harm. The chart's timestamps can show exactly who knew what, and when.
Look, hospitals and their insurers defend malpractice cases aggressively:
Here's what most lawyers won't tell you: the electronic chart's audit trail shows when each entry was made and by whom. Late entries and edits can tell a powerful story. Bottom Line: The audit trail doesn't lie.
A fair settlement, reached without years of delay, is usually the goal. Insurers offer one when they believe your lawyer will win in front of a jury.
That's why I've graduated from Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College and the exclusive Keenan Trial Institute, invested more than $100,000 in advanced trial training, and tried more than 30 jury trials.
Nothing up front. I advance the costs of your case, and my fee comes only from what I recover. The FAQ lists the percentages.
Illinois doesn't cap pain and suffering or other damages in malpractice cases.
Find Out What YOUR Case Might Be Worth...for free.
Call me for a free consultation. I'll tell you honestly what I think. If you hire me, I do the legwork, and when the full value of your losses is known, I push for a fair resolution, in court if necessary. Joliet cases are filed in the Circuit Court of Will County, at 100 W. Jefferson Street downtown.
Call 312-500-4500 any time, day or night.
Evidence fades fast, and the insurance company has already started working on its side of the story. Call me for a free consultation, 24/7/365. No money out of pocket. No fee unless we win.
Nearest office: The Law Office of Scott D. DeSalvo, LLC, 116 N Chicago St, Suite 301 - Kendall, Joliet, IL 60432, in downtown Joliet. Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., and by appointment.
Call me now: 312-500-4500
Nothing up front. My fee in malpractice cases is 33⅓% of what I recover, and I advance the costs of expert review and litigation. If we don't win, there's no fee. Call 24/7/365 at 312-500-4500.
Usually not. Under the Illinois Medical Studies Act (735 ILCS 5/8-2101), peer review and quality committee materials are generally privileged. Your medical records, including the electronic audit trail, can usually be obtained.
An independent medical expert reviews your records to determine whether the care fell below the standard and caused harm.
Generally two years from discovery, but no more than four years after the malpractice (735 ILCS 5/13-212).
No. Illinois doesn't cap malpractice damages.
Usually in the Circuit Court of Will County in Joliet.
Scott DeSalvo founded DeSalvo Law to help injured people throughout Chicago and surrounding suburbs. Licensed to practice law in Illinois since 1998, IARDC #6244452, Scott has represented over 3,000 clients in personal injury, workers compensation, and accident cases.
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