On Tuesday, April 10, 2012, a federal jury in Chicago awarded the family of a deceased truck driver $1 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. In April, 2008, Donald Wells careened off of the Dan Ryan Expressway and crashed into a crowded escalator at a CTA station in Chinatown. The Read more »
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Family Sues Over Asthmatic Boy Being Transferred to 3 Hospitals
by eugene September 27, 2011
The Pointer family was looking for answers over the death of their asthmatic son, who died after being transferred to three different hospitals in an 11 hour period. On the morning of September 13, 2010, seven year old Aaron Pointer suffered from an asthmatic attack. In a tragic set of circumstances, Read more »
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds $29 Million Jury Verdict
by eugene September 6, 2011
On Thursday, September 1, 2011, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2010 jury verdict awarding a family $29.1 million in a medical malpractice case. Christian Arroyo was born in 2003 with a common neonatal blood infection, which was left untreated for 12 hours. Consequently, the child suffered irreversible Read more »
Study Says Only One in Five Medical Malpractice Cases Pay
by eugene August 19, 2011
A new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine reports that only one in five medical malpractice cases results in a payout. The authors noted an earlier study which found that only a fraction of those patients who were victimized by medical negligence actually file a claim. While Read more »