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IL Supreme Court: Jury instructions don't trigger new medmal trial for family of woman who died at Mercy Hospital
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled a jury in a Cook County medical malpractice case, did not need proposed instructions on plaintiff's loss of chance, saying the instruction the judge did give on proximate cause was sufficient. -
Ex-girlfriend, mother of son of Bears legend Urlacher files $125M defamation suit over ex-husband's death
The ex-girlfriend of Chicago Bears legend Brian Urlacher is seeking $125 million in a defamation lawsuit filed Jan. 12 in Cook County Circuit Court. -
Doctor waited too long to sue IL, Cook County officials he said wrongly yanked his license over patient death, judge says
A doctor’s federal lawsuit against Cook County and state medical authorities, which contends they conspired to wrongly yank his medical license almost 20 years ago for allegedly killing a terminally ill patient, has been dismissed, because it was filed years too late and some of its claims belong in state court.