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November 19, 2019

Illinois Supreme Court abolishes “Public Duty Rule” – Nov 12 2019

The “public duty rule” has provided many government officials with protection from lawsuits when they fail to provide adequate government services. A recent Illinois Supreme Court decision has abolished this rule, effectively restoring the public’s right to seek victim compensation...

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November 14, 2019

Child Abusers Run Rampant As Tech Companies Look The Other Way.

Child Abusers Run Rampant as Tech Companies Look the Other Way (nytimes.com) (jamesmarshlaw.com) – Nov 09 2019 Topics: Yahoo, Times, Google, Microsoft, sexual abuse, Dropbox, PhotoDNA detection tool, known illicit content The scope of the problem is only starting to...

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November 14, 2019

An Illinois grand jury has formally indicted a Boy Scout troop leader, 79-year-old Milton Forsberg, with child pornography trafficking charges.

Grand jury indicts former Boy Scout troop leader on child porn charges (wandtv.com) Topics: Champaign, child pornography, boy scout, Boy Scout troop leader, nudist colony, sworn affidavit, Boy scouts of america, Boy Scout programs A grand jury has formally indicted...

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September 20, 2019

Archdiocese of Chicago Involved in Over 1,000 Reports of Child Sex Abuse since 2006

New reporting reveals that over 1,000 cases of sex abuse by priests associated with the Archdiocese of Chicago have been reported to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services [DCFS] since 2006. Twenty-four new investigations have been launched in...

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September 20, 2019

Do you have Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament?

Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL) is a relatively common but often overlooked and misdiagnosed condition that can occurs when a ligament that runs along the spinal column, in from of the spinal cord, becomes thicker and bony [“ossifies”]....

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September 20, 2019

Medical Malpractice Harms up to Four Million Americans per Year

A recent report regarding medical malpractice in the U.S. estimated that diagnostic errors by physicians and hospitals resulted in “serious permanent damage” or “immediate or inevitable death” in up to 4 million Americans annually. (Newman-Toker, 2019, p. 227). These errors...

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October 22, 2018

Christopher T. Hurley Selected for Plaintiff Attorney Achievement Award

On October 11th, the annual reception and awards for Trial Lawyer Excellence was hosted by the Jury Verdict Reporter, a division of the Chicago-based Law Bulletin. In attendance were more than 300 Illinois judges and trial attorneys and forty-five professionals...

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March 2, 2018

Medical Malpractice Lawyer Receives Misdiagnosis

As recently discussed in The Boston Globe, new research confirms the deadly toll of medical errors in the United States. After heart disease and cancer, mistakes by medical providers are the third-leading cause of death in the US, claiming over...

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