Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog
Covers medical malpractice cases, news and issues with a focus on Illinois.
Author: This blawg is maintained by Levin & Perconti, a Chicago law firm handling medical malpractice and personal injury cases. The firm also maintains Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Tort Law • Medical Malpractice • States • Illinois • Law Firm
Recent Posts from Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog
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Judge Unseals Documents on Unsafe Drug
A federal judge decided to unseal confidential materials about the top-selling drug Zyprexa, citing “the health of hundreds of thousands of people” and “fundamental questions” about the way drugs are approved for new uses. Class-action…
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Family of Deceased Wins Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Against Negligent Hospital
The Texas Supreme Court upheld a medical malpractice award for the family of a man who died of a heart attack after waiting 12 hours for treatment following his admission to a hospital emergency room…
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Settlement Reached in Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case
A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death suit which was filed by the family of a woman that died in a hospital after the hospital staff failed to perform a test on her…
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Maternity Care Quality in Crisis
Maternity wards across America are closing, causing those that remain open to incur a deluge of new patients. This causes a strain on their ability to meet the needs of those individuals. The combination of…
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Studies Show Doctor’s Failure to Diagnose Appendicitis
Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical diagnosis’s made in the Emergency Room. However, failure to diagnose acute appendicitis is among the five leading causes of successful ER suits. A study found that as…
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Doubts Grow Over Flu Vaccines in the Elderly
The influenza vaccine used to be strongly recommended for people over 65, but it is now losing its reputation as an effective way to ward off the virus in the elderly. A growing number of…
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Toxic Metals Found in Health Products
Researches have found that out of 200 ayurvedic products bought in the United States about a fifth contained lead, mercury or arsenic, sometimes at dangerously high levels. The researchers, who bought these common medicines over…
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Decision upheld in Wrongful Death Case
The decision to award a plaintiff $5 million judgment for a wrongful death suit has been upheld by the State’s Supreme Court. The case involves a man who went to his doctor after suffering severe…
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Misdiagnosis leads to Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
A woman has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit after she was misdiagnosed and underwent treatment for cancer that she did not have. She went to the doctor with flu-like symptoms and a density was found…
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Decision Reached in Medical Malpractice Trial
The family of a woman who died during ankle surgery lost their medical malpractice lawsuit in a jury trial. The family had claimed in their medical malpractice lawsuit that doctors and the hospital were negligent…