On June 5, 2009, the First District Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Chicago affirming a trial court ruling by Judge Daniel M. Locallo clarifying certain issues related to the Illinois Supreme Court’s 1993 ruling in Gilbert v. Sycamore Memorial Hospital,156 Ill.2d 511, 622 N.E.2d 788 (1993). The opinion is captioned Spiegelman v. Victory Memorial […]
In an amazing report in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago obstetrician Dr. Peter Rosi blames parents for the deaths of their children. Dr. Rosi believes that 80% of complications in childbirth are psychological and that babies can be killed by their mother’s “attitudes.” He is proud of the fact that he practices obstetrics the way it […]
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 of the armed services has […]
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, Nelson’s tracheotomy tube became obstructed. […]
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that a 14 year old suburban Chicago girl is in critical condition after the atv she was operating collided with another driven by her eleven year old brother. While the children were wearing helmets, the girl was injured when the two vehicles collided in suburban Wadsworth. The child has been […]
The number of swine flu cases reported in Illinois has risen to 41 as of Thursday, April 30, 2009 according to the Chicago Sun-Times. 11 of those cases are being reported in the Chicago Area. 109 cases of swine flu have been confirmed nationwide. Chicago area schools are closing in the face of what may […]
A Tennessee jury awarded a 33 year old woman $12 million dollars yesterday in what is being reported as one of the states largest ever jury awards. The jury returned the verdict against a local gastroenterologist who left the girl brain damaged after a procedure that was meant to diagnose bowel problems. The injury occured […]
A bus full of tourists visiting California crashed on a highway south of San Francisco leaving four dead and dozens injured. The crash occured on the popular US 101 highway which travels north-south along the California coast. The bus apparently struck a center divider ejecting and killing several passengers. Thirty-two passengers are believed to be […]
The plastic surgeon who treated Kanye West’s mother the day before she died has given up his medical license in California. Donda West, the longtime Chicago, Illinois resident and mother of rap artist Kanye West, died the day after cosmetic surgery at the hands of Dr. Jan Adams. Adams has had a host of legal […]
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 appears that the virus which […]
