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Judge won't end class action alleging abuse of hospitalized children in DCFS care at Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital
Amended complaint targets president/CEO of hospital network Signature -
Lawsuits alleging abuse of hospitalized children in DCFS care at Aurora Chicago Lakeshore Hospital allowed to continue
Cook County Public Guardian alleged budget cuts created unsafe conditions, while DCFS workers covered up harm at Lakeshore -
Appeals panel says Wrongful Death Act applies to 'nonviable' fetus aborted because of surgery on mother
A Chicago appeals court has ruled the the parents of an aborted fetus may cite the Illinois Wrongful Death Act to sue two suburban doctors, whom the parents alleged performed an operation on the pregnant mother that harmed the fetus, forcing the parents to abort. -
SALVI SCHOSTOK & PRITCHARD PC: $5 Million Settlement for 23-year-old Woman Who Died After Medical Error at Loyola University Medical Center
Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard attorneys Patrick A. Salvi II, Thomas R. Mulroy III and Aaron D. Boeder obtained a $5 million settlement on behalf of a young woman who suffered a brain injury after a medical error following a relatively minor car crash. -
IL Supreme Court: Company chose wrong legal vehicle to challenge state underinsured motorist insurance rules
The Illinois Supreme Court has detoured a company's challenge to a state law requiring certain passenger transport companies to carry certain amounts of underinsured motorist coverage, as the high court justices said the company, which is being sued in a personal injury case citing that law, chose the wrong legal vehicle to make its arguments. -
Patient given wrong allergy shot loses appeal against U. of Illinois Medical Center
A patient who was mistakenly given someone else's allergy shot at a University of Illinois Medical Center allergy clinic that was 100 times her intended dose, has lost her appeal for a new trial and her challenge of a jury's zero damages verdict. -
Appeals court: Man's failure to disclose lawsuit in bankruptcy court dooms medmal lawsuit vs Northwestern, doctors
An appeals court has affirmed that a medical malpractice lawsuit should be thrown out because the man who sued failed to disclose the lawsuit in bankruptcy filings. -
Melrose Park lawyers: Hospital regulators appointed by Pritzker voted illegally on Westlake closure
Lawyers for the village of Melrose Park say two people appointed by Gov. JB Pritzker to a state hospital regulatory panel improperly voted to allow a controversy-plagued hospital to close, because their appointments had not yet been approved by the state Senate. -
Appeals panel: Northwest Community Hospital internal documents 'privileged' in wrongful death case
A state appellate panel has reversed a Cook County judge's order requiring Northwest Community Hospital in suburban Arlington Heights to release 17 internal documents in discovery to lawyers for a family suing over a woman's death, despite the hospital's contention the documents should be privileged. -
$22M malpractice verdict cut to $7M; appeals panel says plaintiff's death during trial nixes future damages
A state appeals court has slashed a medical malpractice jury verdict from $22 million to $7 million, saying the plaintiff’s death during the trial should negate the jury’s decision to order the defendants to pay her family an additional $14 million for future damages. -
Lawsuit dismissed vs chiropractors at Grandview Health Partners
A lawsuit brought by patient against two chiropractors, alleging their actions post-surgery resulted in permanent pain and suffering, has been dismissed. -
Family of boy disabled for life after 25 surgeries awarded $30 million vs doctor, Rush Medical Center
The family of a young boy who was left disabled for life following a series of more than two dozen surgeries, purportedly in an attempt to properly connect his esophagus to his stomach, has secured more than $30 million from the doctor and hospital the family alleged were responsible for what happened to the child. -
$5 million medical malpractice settlement OK'd vs doctors, Northwest Community Hospital
A $5 million settlement has been approved for a 64-year-old woman who claimed treatment she received at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights left her with brain damage.