Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Recent News About Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital patient alleges lack of instruction after surgery caused injury
A patient alleges he suffered injury after a surgery because he was not warned to avoid bearing weight on his lower right extremity. -
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital allegedly failed to provide proper medical care
A woman is suing Advocate Lutheran General Hospital for wrongful death allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent injuries. -
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, others accused in suit over infant girl's death from bacterial infection
A mother is suing Dr. Jessica Chiang, Dr. John Howard and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Advocate Children's Medical Group and Advocate Children's Hospital for her infant daughter's alleged wrongful death and for alleged malpractice. -
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, others allegedly failed to provide proper medical care
A couple is suing Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Illinois Bone and Joint Institute LLC and Dr. Eric Belin for allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent injuries. -
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, others accused of medical negligence
A woman is suing Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Lakeshore Gastroenterology and Liver Disease Institute S.C. and Dr. Mani Mahdavian for alleged negligence. -
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, others accused of causing man's cardiac arrest
A man is suing Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, an unknown lab technician, doctors Joseph Ogarek, Pablo Moreno, Marrin N. Marinov and A Khan and several nurses for alleged negligence and for allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent injuries. -
Advocate Lutheran doctor alleged negligent for injuries suffered from appendicitis
A man is suing Terri R. Martin M.D., Advocate Medical Group and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, alleging negligence for failing to properly perform an appendectomy. -
Pennsylvania win could boost FTC in antitrust campaign against Advocate/NorthShore merger
As it attempts to stop the merger of the Advocate and NorthShore health systems in Illinois, the Federal Trade Commission scored a possibly influential win in Pennsylvania as the regulatory body continues its campaign to keep healthcare systems as competitive as possible. -
Advocate Lutheran General accused of negligence during childbirth
A mother is suing Advocate Lutheran General Hospital; a doctor, identified as Jodi Sklansky, D.O.; and a medical practice, identified as Midwest Center for Women's Healthcare, alleging negligence in medical care, for injuries the woman's son allegedly sustained during childbirth. -
Child, mother allege injuries from negligent care of meningitis
CHICAGO – A minor child and his mother have filed suit against a hospital and its affiliates alleging the child was permanently injured after an infection wasn't immediately diagnosed. -
Family files suit alleging negligent medical care caused injuries
CHICAGO – A minor and his parents have filed a suit against several doctors and health care facilities alleging negligent care during a pregnancy. -
Psychiatrists' class action says Advocate wrongly withheld refunds of FICA taxes doctors paid while residents
A group of former psychiatric medical residents who worked at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital have brought a potential class action lawsuit against the hospital and the operator of Illinois’ largest health system, contending Advocate has wrongly withheld federal tax refunds they were due from their time working at Lutheran General in the late 1990s and early 2000s. -
Park Ridge homeowners win appellate round vs Advocate over Lutheran General flooding
Park Ridge homeowners have retained a window of hope in their campaign to hold neighboring Advocate Lutheran General Hospital liable for flooding. After the Cook County Circuit Court dismissed two counts of the homeowners’ class-action complaint, the First District Appellate Court reversed one of those dismissals in an unpublished order issued in December. The issue arose from a Sept. 13, 2008, storm and a subsequent Feb. 12, 2009, class action complaint.