Medical Malpractice
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on April 1 issued an executive order that grants medical professionals and health care facilities civil liability immunity for any injuries or deaths that occur while providing health care services during the…
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration is taking steps to ease the heavy, demanding workloads of pharmacists. Pharmacists play a vital role in patient safety, but they often work long hours that involve filling hundreds of prescriptions…
A Cook County jury awarded a record-breaking $101 million to a woman whose 5-year-old son sustained serious brain damage during birth. She filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against a Chicago-area hospital.…
Hospitals are struggling with a worrying shortage of crucial painkillers administered to patients suffering from acute pain, battling cancer or undergoing surgery. A nationwide opioid shortage has left doctors and pharmacists unable to obtain sufficient injectable…
The mother of an Iraq war veteran filed a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit against a Chicago Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital. She alleged that the negligence of its medical staff led to her…
On March 14, an Illinois state judge approved a $1.2 million settlement in a medical malpractice lawsuit over the allegedly negligent baby delivery. Under the settlement agreement approved by Judge Kent A. Delgado of Cook County…
An Illinois man filed a product liability lawsuit against Nexium, claiming he suffered chronic kidney disease after taking the heartburn drug. George Mullen brought the complaint against Nexium manufacturer AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in the U.S. District Court…
The parents of a teenager filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging their son died of morphine intoxication due to medical negligence. Tom Steinbacher Sr. and Christine Steinbacher, as co-administrators of their son’s estate, filed…
The family of a man who died after being given a drug overdose was awarded $3.3 million in a medical malpractice case against Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Plaintiff Kathryn Howe-Vandelinder filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit…
A woman from Cook County, Chicago, filed a lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging that a pharmacist gave his recommendation that she take two incompatible drugs, which caused her to lapse into a coma, and experience memory loss.…