Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Recent News About Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Plaintiff accuses law firm of improper fee collection in medical malpractice settlement
A recent appellate court decision upheld an award granting attorney fees and costs despite no signed retainer agreement between Janet Bedin and O'Connor Law Group in relation to a medical malpractice suit involving her late mother’s estate. -
Lawsuit claims Northwestern Memorial wrongly fired three nurses who refused Covid vax mandate
The lawsuit claims Northwestern Medicine has refused to relent from its decisions to deny the religious exemption requests, even while bringing in unvaccinated contract nurses to address an alleged nursing shortage -
Class action: Northwestern Memorial wrongly allowed Facebook's program to track patient information
The lawsuit concedes Northwestern Memorial Hospital disclosed the use of Facebook's Meta Pixel program to patients signing up to use the hospital's online portal to schedule appointments. But the lawsuit alleges the hospital and Facebook-related companies still violated patient privacy rights -
Appeals panel: Family can sue Abbott over birth defects from drug, despite seeming contradictory claims vs doctors
Couple now suing Abbott Laboratories already won $18.5M jury verdict against doctors who prescribed the anticonvulsant Depakote -
Northwestern Memorial can't discard lawsuit from nurse allegedly fired for wearing N95 mask to work
Nurse alleges hospital fired her for bringing her own PPE to work with COVID-19 patients, and telling her colleagues to do the same thing -
Security guard, nurse target Advocate South Suburban, Mercy hospitals with complaints over alleged mask policies
Security guard at Advocate South Suburban Hospital, nurse at Mercy Hospital claim they were fired after complaining about their hospitals' alleged mask policies for workers. -
Northwestern Memorial nurse says hospital fired her for wearing N95 mask, telling coworkers mask was safer than hospital's
The nurse says the Northwestern Hospital forbade nurses from wearing N95 masks, and fired her when she emailed coworkers to say N95 masks were safer than hospital-issued masks, and showed up for work in an N95 mask. -
Appeals court OKs sanctions vs Brodsky client over appeal in suit vs Northwestern over photo taken in hospital bed
A state appeals court has approved sanctions against a woman whose attorney - a now suspended lawyer who once represented Drew Peterson - filed an appeal that judges said contradicts an established settlement and displays a "total lack of respect for the appellate process." -
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. -
Appellate panel bars Chicago serial suer from more appeals; lawsuits targeted Northwestern Memorial, many others
An Illinois appeals panel has ruled that a Chicago woman behind repeated allegedly frivolous and improperly drawn lawsuits against Northwestern Memorial Hospital and others should be barred from further appeals unless she first obtains judicial approval. -
Ceridian, Becton Dickinson targeted under new class actions for supplying fingerprint scanning ID tech to employers
Ceridian, one of the country’s largest human resources services vendors, and Becton Dickinson, one of the largest makers of medical technology, have become the latest big targets of class action lawsuits under an Illinois biometric information privacy law. -
Northwestern Hospital says law doesn't support 'nonsensical' privacy suit over fingerprint scans to dispense meds
A group of Northwestern Memorial Hospital have sued the hospital for requiring workers to scan fingerprints when entering a secured area in which medication was stored. Northwestern Hospital and the vendors who supplied the technology for the entrance security system are asking a federal judge to dismiss the workers' lawsuit, because state biometric privacy law does not cover the healthcare field. -
Refusing to discuss disciplinary report with manager equates to misconduct to justify firing: Appeals panel
A hospital employee's refusal to meet with a manager about a disciplinary report was misconduct justifying her managers' decision to fire her in 2017, an Illinois appeals court said in an April 17 ruling. -
Northwestern Memorial Hospital patient alleges spinal compression was not timely diagnosed
A man alleges he sustained permanent injuries as a result of his condition not being diagnosed in a timely manner. -
Patient files malpractice suit against Northwestern Memorial Hospital over reconstructive surgery
A patient alleges she needed an additional surgery because of the negligence of a Chicago hospital and physicians in performing a reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy. -
Northwestern Memorial, others alleged to have failed to diagnose man's spinal condition
A couple is seeking damages from several medical entities over allegations they failed to recognize the signs of a spinal condition. -
Union says Chicago has no right to use noise ordinance to quiet its picket at Cambria hotel
A hotel worker union is suing the city of Chicago, claiming it improperly wielded a noise ordinance to hamper their rights while striking. A judge has denied their request for a temporary restraining order against the city. -
Northwestern Memorial Hospital sued in patient's death
A man is suing Northwestern Memorial Hospital, citing negligence after a relative's death. -
Patient accuses Northwestern Memorial, doctors of negligence
A woman is suing Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, and doctors Collin Gillispie, Charles Caffrey and Chinh Phan, citing alleged negligence. -
Patient sues Northwestern Memorial, doctors over surgical injuries
A patient is suing Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Dr. Laurie Chalifoux, Dr. Nicole Higgins and other medical providers, citing alleged negligence.