How do we cap medical malpractice without capping medical malpractice awards for those patients who are injured by the negligence of doctors. Everyone agrees that the health care system in the United States is in need of a drastic overhaul. The key is accomplishing an overhaul without further abridging the…
Searching for a lawyer who practices in the area of medical malpractice in Chicago, Illinois is as easy as opening up you web browser and Googling “medical malpractice chicago.” When i ran this search term Google returned 275,000 search results. The first page of results alone listed more then 30…
On March 26, 2009 we reported on the efforts of one family to have the Feres doctrine legislatively overturned. If you recall the Feres doctrine prohibits an active member of the United States military from suing the an Army hospital for medical malpractice. This prohibition on medical malpractice suits brought by members…
A Wisconsin jury awarded $2.1 million to a Chicago, Illinois man who was the victim of medical malpractice in southern Wisconsin. 49 year old Daniel Nelson was injured in a motorcycle accident near Lake Geneva, Wisconsin almost nine years ago. While rehabbing in a Burlington, Wisconsin hospital after the accident,…
More than 100 people have already died from the swine flu in Mexico, major news sources are reporting. The swine flu is an influenza virus that normally infects pigs. This swine flu outbreak is alarming because it appears the virus has crossed species and is infecting humans as well. It…
Sadly, medical mistakes continue to be one of the leading causes of death in the United States. There are close to 100,000 preventable deaths a year in America making medical errors the fifth leading cause of death in our country. A culture of shame and a lack of accountability often times…
Five medical malpractice cases pending in California settled this week for a sum of $1 million. The settlements arise out of improper patient care that occured at a Northern California kidney transplant center that has been at the center of a controversy revolving around a poor record of patient care.…
The Illinois Appellate Court, First District has extended damages in Wrongful Birth lawsuits to include the damages the victim will sustain after reaching the age of majority. This is a significant extension beyond the victim’s usual rights in these types of cases which were first recognized in Illinois in Siemieniec v. Lutheran…
Alex Parker of the Chi-Town Daily News is reporting that according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the University of Chicago Medical Center is guilty of violating a federal law by not giving an elderly patient who later died adequate medical treatment. The University of Chicago’s own internal investigation…
The United States Department of Health And Human Services has offered the public some advice on how to protect themselves against unintended medical errors. According to the Department of Health and Human Services medical errors are one of the nations leading causes of death. Here are 20 tips to help…