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Distracted driving is extremely dangerous. Indeed, according to the National Safety Council’s Transportation Safety Group, the top cause of automobile accidents is distracted driving. The organization found that distraction was a causal factor in approximately 80…
Continue ReadingThe family of a retirement community resident who froze to death has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility and a care provider. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Genevieve Klimczak’s estate. The defendants…
Continue ReadingThe past year saw several juries award plaintiffs large sums in personal injury cases. Here are the three largest awards of 2012, as reported by Bloomberg News. The largest personal injury verdict of the year was…
Continue ReadingAn Illinois couple has filed a lawsuit against Pfizer after a birth injury resulted in their son’s death. The plaintiffs assert that their son was exposed to the antidepressant Zoloft, manufactured by Pfizer, and that he…
Continue ReadingElected officials in Cook County, Illinois are deciding whether to settle a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against the county by a man whose leg had to be amputated after he was treated at Cook County’s Stroger…
Continue ReadingThe Illinois General Assembly has passed a measure that would increase the attorneys’ fees allowed in medical malpractice cases, but would also prevent attorneys from petitioning the court for higher fees. The Illinois House of Representatives…
Continue ReadingA wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a nursing home on the South Side of Chicago after a patient, who was allegedly prescribed an overdose of medication, died. A representative of Sonya Eli file the…
Continue ReadingA major scientific study of the effects of a nutritional supplement on brain injuries has yielded disappointing results. The U.S. military had hoped that the the supplement, citicoline, could be used to treat wounded veterans. In…
Continue ReadingA doctor who has promoted a treatment for autistic children using a drug that suppresses testosterone has lost his license to practice medicine in Illinois and Missouri. Dr. Mark Geier’s therapy involves injecting children with the…
Continue ReadingRush University Medical Center in Chicago is the subject of a medical malpractice suit recently filed by a Cook County man who claims that the liver he received by transplant in May of 2011 had malignant…
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