The son and daughter of an elderly woman are suing Advocate Hospitals and Pentax Medical, alleging negligence and product liability in a wrongful death claim.
A Cook County woman is suing an Oak Lawn hospital and other health care providers, alleging the staff's negligence caused her mother to die after an operation.
A patient is suing his doctor and affiliated facilities, alleging medical malpractice in a 2013 surgical procedure which he claims led to irreversible complications resulting in permanent disability.
The theft of laptop computers from one of Illinois’ largest health care providers may have increased the possibility millions of people whose information was stored on those computers could suffer identity theft. But the mere possibility this may occur is not enough to allow a group of plaintiffs to continue with a lawsuit against Advocate Medical Group over the computer thefts, a state appellate panel has ruled.
A patient is suing his former doctor and his employing hospital, alleging the doctor prescribed increasing dosages of a narcotic medication when he should have known the patient was addicted.
A mother who gave birth via cesarean section is suing the doctor and institution that oversaw the procedure that allegedly resulted in brain damage to the baby.
