A lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Illinois accuses four defendants of creating a fake Facebook profile of a teenage boy which claimed the teenager was gay. The suit contends the defendants created a fake profle with malicious intent to disparage and damage his reputation. The fake profile has since been removed, […]
In Illinois there is a stautue of limitations on medical malpractice claims which generally prohibits filing of a lawsuit two years from the date of malpractice or two years after the malpractice is discoverd. The statute of repose sets an outside tail date for filing such claims after four years have elapsed from the time […]
A Los Angeles jury has awarded a California family $7.3 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit concerning a hospital’s failure to diagnose and treat a child suffering from meningitis. The jury unanimously awarded the five year old damages for her injury which has left her brain damaged, The defendant in the case was the neonatal […]
The New Jersey state Supreme Court overturned that state’s largest medical malpractice verdict ever, a jury award of $70 million. The reason the case was overturned was because the jury was exposed to medical professionals and the defendant hospital during the jury selection process. In a 6-0 decision, Justice Helen Hoens wrote for the court, […]
Chicago is home to over 70,000 licensed attorneys. Finding a lawyer that is right for you can be a daunting task. The internet and the television airwaves are flooded with advertisements for lawyers that promise big settlements and no fees unless you win. The question you need to ask yourself and the lawyer that you […]
Victim’s of medical malpractice at Chicago area hospitals should not expect an apology from those doctors or the hospital that is at fault for their injury. It has long been the custom and practice of Chicago area physicians to never dare to apologize or admit any mistakes, no matter how devastating. Not so at the […]
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been named as a defendant in a civil sexual assault complaint filed in Washoe County District Court in Reno, Nevada, according to the Associated Press. The lawsuit accuses the former superbowl champion of assaulting a woman in July of 2008. Apparently Mr. Roethlisberger is one of nine defendants listed in […]
A 35 year old Chicago man was killed and 4 others were seriously injured early Sunday morning in a car accident in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. The 5 vehicle crash occured at 3:30 am at the intersection of 31st Street and California. One of the vehicles involved in the crash fled the scene and its […]
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Dr. Nicholas Caro is facing disciplinary charges from The Illinois Department of Professional Regulation after being sued for medical malpractice 50 times in Cook County. In the complaint against Dr. Nicholas Caro, the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation claims Caro failed to properly diagnose a patient’s keratoconus, a pre-existing […]
The second federal lawsuit against the Marion, Illinois Veteran’s Hospital has settled in the wake of substandard care at the hospital which resulted in the Hospital suspending surgical procedures for the past two years. Surgeries at the hospital were halted after the Veteran’s Administration found that patients had died at the facility due to substandard […]
