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May 3, 2016

Choosing the Right Doctor Can Reduce Your Risk for Serious Illness and Medical Mistakes

When, in any given city, there are dozens (if not hundreds) of doctors to choose from, it can be difficult to decide which one to trust. Most people turn to family or friends for help. Others peruse online reviews and...

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April 30, 2016

A License to Kill: State Medical Boards and Their Role in Medical Malpractice

As trial lawyers one of our duties is to investigate hospitals when patients are neglected or abused, since our government has neither the resources nor the political will to do so. As described in a Chicago Tribunue investigation: The Illinois...

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March 29, 2016

Small Percentage of Doctors Responsible for Majority of Malpractice Claims

When people read the stories about medical mistakes and the resulting malpractice claims, they often begin to wonder if their own physician might be capable or responsible enough to care for them in a life or death situation. Many also...

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March 6, 2016

Avoidable Medical Errors Now Considered Third Leading Cause of Death in America

When people get sick, they visit their doctor to get better. When they are critically ill, they go to a hospital for treatment. But are doctors actually doing more harm than good? Evidence from the prestigious Journal of Patient Safety...

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January 6, 2016

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...

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October 21, 2015

Physician Allegedly Left a Trail of Unnecessary Scars in Small Midwest Town

A settlement involving a minimum award of $1.43 billion has been reached in ongoing product liability litigation against Stryker Orthopedics. The 3,000-plus clients represented in the Stryker hip implant lawsuit will each receive a base amount of $300,000 with additional...

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August 19, 2015

Are Recorded Surgeries the Future of Medical Malpractice Investigation and Medical Error Prevention?

According to recent statistics from Patient Safety America, as many as 440,000 people die from preventable medical mistakes each year. If Stanford University researchers are correct, those deaths were likely caused by just a very small fraction of doctors (about...

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May 13, 2015

What Tort Reform Will Mean for Medical Malpractice Victims

Toyota is recalling “nearly 1.7 million vehicles around the world for various defects that may cause fuel leakage – the latest in quality control woes for the Japanese automaker.” (Y Kageyama, AP Business, 1/25). Unfortunately for Toyota, this is yet...

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