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What Is Over Radiation In The Context Of Cancer Treatment As It Relates To Medical Malpractice?

Radiation therapy in cancer treatment uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells and helps prevwent them from spreading throughout the body. The use of radiation therapy is one of the primary means that physicians have to help treat patients who have been diagnosed with cancer and is prescribed…

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GOLDBERG & GOLDBERG SECURES $7.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT FOR WRONGFUL DEATH OF A 60 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN CHICAGO MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAWSUIT

Barry D. Goldberg and Peter A. Nicholson of the Chicago law firm of Goldberg & Goldberg have settled a wrongful death case on behalf of the Estate of Patricia Quirk for $7.5 million. Quirk v. Little Company of Mary, et al., 05 L 00379. The case was assigned for trial…

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Actor James Woods Settles Medical Malpractice Case And Gets An Apology

Hollywood actor James Woods setttled a medical malpractice case brought on behalf of his brother who died while he was a patient in the Emergency Room of Kent Hospital in Kent County, Rhode. The Providence Journal Online Edition is reporting that while the financial terms of the settlement are confidential,…

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Don’t Get Sick On Christamas: Medical Malpractice Over The Holidays

Conventional wisdom says don’t get sick over the holidays. Hospitals are understaffed, doctors are distracted and the overall quality of medical care is diminished at even the finest of institutions. Over and over again we see cases at otherwise fine Chicago area hospitals that have one thing in common. The…

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Medical Malpractice And Tort Reform: Enough Already

Joanne Doroshow wrote an excellent article in the Monday, November 9, 2009 edition of The Huffington Post called Medical Malpractice Tort Reform – We Are Already Suffering And Don’t Need More. She points out that unless you are currently living under a rock you have heard the term “tort reform”…

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FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF RACHEL GILLIAM OFFER $10,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF HER KILLER

The family of Rachel Gilliam, a 25 year old woman who was killed by a hit and run driver on Chicago’s northside last week is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of her killer. According to witnesses, Rachel was struck and killed by the…

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Illinois Medical Malpractice Jury Returns $6.74 Million Verdict

A downstate Illinois jury returned a $6.74 million dollar jury verdict to the family of a Decatur man killed at on of Archer Daniels Midland’s downstate Illinois facillities. The 26 year old man was working for a St. Louis based company installing pipes at the plant. The accident that was…

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