A Cook County jury awarded $66 million Friday to the family of a mother of four who died in 2019 after plastic surgery.
Idalia Corcoles, a 39-year-old wife and mother, bled to death after negligent treatment at the clinic of plastic surgeon Ayoub Sayeg, where she underwent liposuction and what is commonly known as a “tummy tuck,” according to his family’s lawyers. with Clifford Law Firms.
The company said the $66.262 million could be the largest medical malpractice judgment ever awarded against a plastic surgeon in Illinois. The award came after a weeklong trial before Judge John Ehrlich at the Daley Center.
“This family should celebrate the holidays with their healthy wife and mother,” Craig Squillace, a partner at Clifford Law Offices, said in a news release. “Instead, it’s another Christmas without the person who meant so much to them all.”
According to the law firm, Sayeg said he never saw Corcoles again after the surgery, as she suffered internal bleeding for hours, which led to cardiac arrest and ultimately her death.
“The jury is obviously sending a clear message that Dr. Sayeg is not a professional and serious consideration is being given to whether he should even hold a medical license,” Bradley Cosgrove, another Clifford associate, said in the statement.
