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Birth Injury and Wrongful Death
Expectant mothers require exceptional levels of care from medical professionals, for both mother and child. When a diagnosis is missed or improperly made, one or both patients could suffer severe lifelong injury or death. Complications of pregnancy do happen, but with prompt medical care, do not frequently cause long-term issues. But when those complications do…
Preeclampsia Birth Injury and Wrongful Death
Preeclampsia is a severe condition affecting both mother and child. Left untreated, it could result in lifelong birth injury to the child, including damage to key organ systems or cerebral palsy. Additionally, the mother is at risk for severe complications, including death. Treatment of preeclampsia can yield a happy, healthy baby, with few residual long-term…
Preeclampsia Wrongful Death and Birth Injury
Preeclampsia is a severe condition affecting both mother and child. Left untreated, it could result in lifelong birth injury to the child, including damage to key organ systems or cerebral palsy. Additionally, the mother is at risk for severe complications, including death. Treatment of preeclampsia can yield a happy, healthy baby, with few residual long-term…
Wrongful Death
Wrongful death cases arise whenever wrongful conduct causes a person’s death. The Illinois Wrongful Death Act exists to compensate the family of the deceased person for their “loss of society” or their lost relationship with the deceased person. The Wrongful Death Act also allows families to recover the income and other benefits the deceased person…
Wrongful Death
Wrongful Death of Children in Foster Care
At Hurley, McKenna, & Mertz, we are well aware of the trauma that accompanies the wrongful death of children in foster care, as we have both experience and success with such cases. A recent article in the University of La Verne Law Review authored by Daniel Pollack and Gary L. Popham, Jr. illustrates the severity…
Illinois Appellate Court Awards $4.7 Million Verdict in Wrongful Death Suit Against St. James Hospital
When a patient steps into a hospital or doctor’s office, they are trusting that provider to act responsibly. Unfortunately, recent information indicates that as many as 210,000 to 440,000 people die each year from preventable causes while under the care of a physician. A 49-year-old woman who visited the St. James Hospital of Olympia Fields…
Chicago-based Four Loko Maker Faces Wrongful Death Suit
The family of a Washington D.C. teen has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Cook County against Phusion Projects, the maker of the alcoholic beverage, Four Loko. According to the family, 15-year old Bo Rupp allegedly drank two cans of Four Loko the night he died in September 2010, and the family claims that the…