When it comes to colon cancer, many hospitals have failed their patients. That’s the conclusion of a study released this week by Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and the…
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As a Missouri medical malpractice attorney, I was interested in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article about a system for preventing "retained objects" in surgery. "Retained objects" is another way of…
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Illinois' medical malpractice damage caps were declared unconstitutional by a Cook County Circuit Judge on November 13, 2007. On December 13, 2007 the hospital and doctor filed a notice of…
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The Illinois Supreme Court is set to consider the constitutionality of damage caps passed by the legislature. Last November, Cook County Circuit Judge Diane J. Larsen overturned an Illinois law…
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A jury awarded the parents of a brain-damaged boy $11.4 million in a medical malpractice case, the La Crosse Tribune reports. Chad and Amy Jelinek claimed that hospital staff at…
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A Hospitals failure to diagnose flesh-eating bacteria resulting in the death of the patient concluded with the patients family being awarded $13.5 million Boston Globe reports. Amy Altman, a 40-year-old…
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About a month ago, the Illinois Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could have a dramatic effect on Illinois patients hurt by medical mistakes, as well as…
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A patient with cervical cancer who claimed that a pathologist misread her Pap smears over the course of 12 years was awarded $2 million by a Chicago federal court jury…
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Missouri Medical Malpractice awards for non-economic damages for all cases filed after August 2005 were capped at $350,000.00 total for all defendants. This law protects the financial interests of doctors,…
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As a southern Illinois medical malpractice attorney, I was surprised to see a recent article about an Energy woman who died of burns from an unexpected fire during surgery. Janice…
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