Michael Reyes
Senior associate, Harmon Reyes Defense Group
Law firm Chicago, IL 11 years in practice
About
Michael defends hospitals and nursing staff in professional liability claims. He uses nurse consultants early to build a neutral chronology and to spot where the record supports the care that was given.
Cases posted
ExampleStandard of care review · Medical malpractice
Post-op respiratory arrest on a PCA pump: defense review
Adult patient on hydromorphone PCA after a hip replacement was found unresponsive on post-op day one. Plaintiff alleges inadequate respiratory monitoring. We represent the hospital and need a neutral standard of care review of the nursing assessments, sedation scoring and continuous monitoring, with a nurse willing to testify if the opinion holds.
ExampleMedical chronology · Medical malpractice
Emergency department triage and sepsis recognition
Patient triaged as ESI 3 waited four hours before antibiotics and later required ICU admission for septic shock. We need a chronology from arrival through ICU transfer, focused on triage, reassessments and when sepsis criteria were first met.